>The U.S. adopts a hard line against China, and an era of engagement recedes into the past. >On a late August weekend in 2017, a week after he was forced out as President Trump’s chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon made a trip to the Connecticut country house of Henry A. Kissinger to talk about China. >The two nations fought as allies in World War II, then faced off as foes in the Cold War, before Richard M. Nixon rekindled relations with Beijing to isolate the Soviets. The hopes generated by Deng Xiaoping’s economic opening in the 1980s were dashed by the Tiananmen Square massacre. The trade deals of the 1990s were strained when wayward American bombs destroyed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.
>Mr. Trump has floated various demands that would be difficult to enforce or require a wholesale overhaul of the Chinese economy, including a sharp reduction in the trade deficit and an end to coercive technology transfers. Some trade and security hawks have urged “decoupling” the United States entirely from the Chinese economy. >The conflict with China is intensifying amid unresolved concerns about American leadership and overreach that built up during the era of globalization, and in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and other distant battlefields. >“Americans need to understand that if we go down the road of disengagement from China in pursuit of unbridled competition, it will not be a repetition of the Cold War with the Soviet Union,” said Mr. Bader, the former Obama adviser. “The rest of the world, like us, is deeply entangled with China.”
>As a result, he said, even countries as wary of China as the United States “will not risk economic ties nor join in a perverse struggle to re-erect the ‘Bamboo Curtain,’ this time by the West. We will be on our own.”
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Jonathan Moore
>control the House and the Senate for two years >failed to repeal and replace Obamacare >failed to build the wall >failed to fund the wall by Congress >failed to make Mexico fund the wall >failed to lay a single finger on Hillary >failed to end DACA >failed to deport "millions" of illegal immigrants, let alone all of them >failed to remove the US from foreign affairs, like Afghanistan and Yemen >failed to drain the swamp >Mattis says the military will do nothing to the caravan, which nobody gives a shit about now >Military says they will do nothing to Antifa and they aren't a serious threat >haven't heard a single peep of him "ending" birthright citizenship guaranteed by the 14th amendment >couldn't ban Acosta from the White House Now >lost the House majority, lost 38 seats at best, 44 at worst >lost Arizona, almost lost Texas >barely retained the Senate, gained 2 seats at best, 1 at worst >lost 7 gubernatorial elections >Red wave he claimed would happened never happened, Democrats are already on track for winning the most House seats since Watergate >Will now spend the second half of his presidency constantly getting investigated and having legislation blocked Wow, what an amazing president
>I don't know what's going on there desu Heroin abuse, a hell lot of prostitution, no access to condoms and a fucking huge amount of drunk Russians. Haiti tier.
Michael Scott
Avenatti is going to be disbarred. He is in big trouble.
Brody Roberts
>WaPo posts the back of Kellyanne >No front picture of Kellyanne
Pastaleaf has been pretty shit lately. Remember when he posted quality pasta?: >watching Black Panther at the movies >intense fighting scene between protag and antag >slouch down my seat and yell, "YO, THIS NIGGA FINNA BOUTTA GET DABBED ON" >everyone laughs >black guy sucks his teeth and says, "You aight, white boy" >Hear "He cute" from one of the girls
Aaron Rivera
I like how I can just assume all leafs are chinese, and it works at least half the time
>against her wishes So she could have said something to anyone that she didn’t want that. The media has breathlessly entertained her and she wrote a book. At no point didn’t she mention that’s not what she wanted? How about, she’s a compulsive liar.
Logan Watson
From Senator Rubio's Press Office: Great to meet with the next Senator from #Florida, @FLGovScott! Excited for us to work together in the Senate to benefit the Sunshine State.
