I would say default on China’s debts, but then who would support America’s massive fiscal deficit?
You have to wonder if our governments have perhaps received some sort of threat that worse can be unleashed if conditions are not met. Or perhaps we are just meant to make this inference without the threat being made directly?
This might explain what appears to most to be a rather large over-reaction to what has proven to be a mid-level health threat. Perhaps this shutdown was meant to forestall the release of phase two as threatened, in part by cutting off the agents of transmission.
If so, war with China is a real possibility. I can’t imagine the likes of Trump or Boris Johnson saying “okay, go ahead, unleash phase two.” The hit on Russia seems suspicious too, perhaps they didn’t fulfill “terms and conditions” at some point, because it seemed to hit them later.
Oh, and if you trust what anyone says about this, ask yourself this — who do they work for?