Comment by suraci
5 days ago
> I think you're taking Trump too lightly. I didn't
You're talking about another thing.
Trump(or Biden admin)'s tactic is - move/push 3 step forward, back 1 step, use it to trade China's concession
Let's take TikTok ban as an example, if Biden didn't rush to play it and traded nothing, it will be a card of Trump, Trump can use it to trade(or threat) profit.
ofc Trump can seek other cards to play, but the TikTok card, and the Chip sanction card, were wasted by Biden, Trump can not go further in these two topics.
It's not about China or Chinese merchants, it's the game between Biden and Trump, and their parties.
Either one of these two president are willing or able to be friendly to China, there's no different, Trump will pressure China with tarrifs, Biden pressured China with geopolitical/financial containment and regime change
The only difference is which one will harm the US more.
The tiktok ban was Trump's idea:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump%E2%80%93TikTok_co...
If it's happens, Trump will take credit for it, while Biden did all the work.
Trump: 1, Biden: 0.
Trump seems to have very little to lose in a maximum policy towards China. Time for Trump to go full retard.