I thought more about what you typed and I agree:
With THIS Prez it’s almost like he’s TELLING China that now it’s okay for them to pull something in the Pacific.
This is a Prez whose goal is diminishing the stature of the USA, and since there are only three years remaining, he has to pack it in, a bit.
Sounds nuts, but I don’t consider it impossible.
Remember the first-year of the Obama Admin when all those Cabinet people were going around citing MAO TSE-TUNG..?
WEIRD.
That wasn’t really what I meant but your analysis is probably spot on.
Scratch “almost.”