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Originally Posted by Sheba
You know, all that talk from Trump about China being the big boogeyman, it's kind of ironic when China might be rising to a better position in Asia just because of Trump's own doing (and childish tantrums).
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The Chinese are making huge gains by profiting from the US's . Among other things, they're really pushing the construction and weaponisation of artificial islands to claim most of the China Sea as their turf, confident the the US lack the ball to confront them over it, and the other players are too small to do anything but protest.
Europe is making more modest gains, too, by being more united, and gaining political influence as a reliable partner.
Trump has proven many times that he's extremely scared of confrontations.