The roaring giant U.S. is like Gulliver with all the liberal Lilliputtions tying us down.
The response is going to be epic.
1) Hollywood will go into a temporary recession as it restructures away from China. China temporarily allowed Hollywood to continue to ignore middle America. After this, it will have no choice but to at least attempt to meet middle American tastes.
2) While not all companies will de-couple, the majority will This will send the Chicom economy into a tailspin. And it won’t just be US companies.
3) This is a wakeup call to American chem/bio homeland defenses, medical, and related areas. Trump won’t let this “crisis go to waste.”
4) Silently, while all this has been happening, Space Force has been active. No, the Chicoms ain’t gonna beat us to space. We will begin to return heavy lift to the USA.
5) If Xi thought the last trade negotiations were tough, wait til he sees the new list of demands.
6) There will be some reparations from this. Retaliation may be silent, but there will be a price exacted.