There’s one valid criticism of Biden’s China policy that Matt Pottinger and Mike Gallagher skimmed over in a way that shows how, despite keeping a distance from the Republican Party’s authoritarian extremes, they are unable to completely break free. The US must get into CPTPP.
Tag: Xi Jinping
Beware of Republicans who blame Biden for not appeasing Putin
The Republicans' suggestion that we shouldn’t have made any moves that might disturb Putin is exactly what Stoltenberg was trying to bury during his many appearances in the US, where Republicans are pushing the narrative that President Joe Biden is responsible for the terror that the Russian leader is unleashing.
Remember CVID? Nikki Haley does; Trump thinks it’s a virus
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un got what he wanted, because he understood Trump’s psyche – all that was required to go around Haley was a few “love letters” to Trump, who has never met an authoritarian leader he didn’t like.
The irony of the moment that established Stefanik as the Republican Party’s new leader
Within the cesspool of conspiracy theories, bigotry and misogyny that animates the far-right, there are some legitimate grievances.
If you understand Biden’s strategy, you know the “dictator” comment was also aimed at Trump
Having stood by his assertion that Xi is a dictator, Biden has solidified the ground he stands on going into the election when he portrays Trump as the same.
Xi arrives for the Republican Party’s transformation into Visigoths
When a political party undergoes such a dramatic transformation, it needs a new name. I suggest “Visigoth Patriot Party”. Trump, Johnson and the movement they represent would love the Germanic link, and there was that whole episode where the Visigoths sacked and looted Rome.
Xi Jinping must love how much he scares US lawmakers
Fearmongering about China already seems to occupy nearly every congressional hearing room in Washington these days, which ultimately plays into the hands of a Communist Party propaganda department that loves to show how much China scares US policymakers.
Finding the footpath through an incinerated forest
(Originally published here on November 7, 2022 in the South China Morning Post.) No US State Department or National Security Council press briefing is complete these days without an attempt to get confirmation that Joe Biden and Xi Jinping will meet in person as presidents for the first time at the G20 summit in Indonesia this month. [...]
Coronavirus crisis? Trump’s bromance with Xi is going strong and he can blame everything on the Democrats anyway
(Originally published here on March 3, 2020 in South China Morning Post.) US President Donald Trump is absolutely correct to push back at critics who faulted him for the travel restrictions that the immigration authorities put in place a month ago. But to hear Trump tell the story, it was his political opponents from the Democratic Party [...]
By violating US judicial norms, Donald Trump might be putting himself and China in a lose-lose situation
(Originally published here on February 17, 2020 by South China Morning Post.) Asserting that Donald Trump feels a strong kinship with strongmen like Chinese President Xi Jinping used to be something of a rhetorical exercise. The assertion would be made to jolt those closest to Trump and also, with an overall sense of allegiance to [...]
The Wounded Muse 