This is silly talk.
President Trump is NOT weak.
If he was, he easily could have just kept doing what all previous—and WEAK—American Presidents have done.
Nothing.
Rather, we finally got a warrior.
And this fight is just begun.
“President Trump is NOT weak.”
I agree.
But he is projecting weakness, for whatever reason.
When he said he was postponing tariffs on a large basket of goods because he didn’t want to hurt the American consumer, he projected weakness.
He should have been talking up a 50-100% tariff instead. Or even embargo. Letting the Chinese know he would exercise all National power at his disposal to win.
From their point of view, OF COURSE they believe they’ve already won.
Maybe Xi miscalculated. Maybe he didn’t. But he doesn’t have to stand for reelection next year so he’s raising the stakes.
That’s the reality, whether it hurts your sentiments or not.