You believe what an ex-Russian dictator and what the Chinese say more than your own countrymen.
You, madam, are what I would call a traitor and if I had the choice you would be evicted to Russia or China, where you could live in harmony with those you trust.
I don't trust Trump, Putin, or Xi Jinping as far as I can throw them. Of those three, I would concede Trump is the least-bad.
But Xi Jinping is playing China's hand much better in this crisis, and that is what has me worried.
Go back and read what I wrote above. I want *less* Chinese influence and *more* American leadership in the world.
On that subject, Donald Trump talks a big game, but when it comes to concrete actions, he just keeps shooting us in the foot. On NATO, on international diplomacy, and most recently on the WHO.
And I will concede that it's not just Trump, but American presidents going back all the way to Bill Clinton have failed to properly define American national interests, and therefore wasted a lot of American blood and treasure pursuing contradictory or irrelevant foreign policy goals.
George H.W. Bush on the other hand did a fantastic job in his 4 years as President that is often overlooked. He kicked Saddam Hussein's ass in the Persian Gulf War with minimal casualties and managed the peaceful disintegration of the USSR (along with Gorbachev), all of which set the stage for the 1990s being one of the most American-dominant decades ever.
Defunding the WHO is the best thing he's done so far. Now we just need him to defund the Federal Reserve, department of education, the CDC, and the EPA.
Link to the interview: https://worldbeyondwar.org/gorbachev-time-to-revise-the-entire-global-agenda/
That awkward moment when you realize Mikhail Gorbachev would be a better world leader during this Covid-19 crisis than either Putin or Trump, who just defunded the WHO last week.
Narrow, national self-interest is a dumb way of fighting a global pandemic. Remember how Trump restricted China travel on Jan. 31 and then wasted critical weeks pretending he solved the problem -- epitomized in his infamous "their new hoax" remarks he delivered at a South Carolina rally on Feb. 28?
Well, the virus showed up on our doorstep anyway, and now thanks to our lack of preparedness, the U.S. is now the global epicenter of the outbreak.
China, where the virus originated, is now exporting medical equipment and expertise to help other countries cope, and benefitting hugely in diplomatic terms. Meanwhile, we're stuck begging our ally South Korea for PPE, tests, and other supplies. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/24/coronavirus-response-trump-requests-supplies-from-south-korea.html
Not to mention Trump's sudden and total defunding of the WHO, which Trump has now pivoted to scapegoating in order to mask the failures in his own Administration's response. Side-note: The WHO shouldn't be free of criticism, by the way, but the crisis is way overblown and Trump given his own failures in handling Covid-19 in America totally lacks credibility on that subject. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/trump-defunds-world-health-organization-coronavirus
When the dust clears on the Covid-19 epidemic, historians may look back on this crisis as the end of the American century and the beginning of the Chinese one.
It doesn't have to be this way.
America is still the greatest country in the world, and we still possess the fundamental strengths necessary to rebuild our alliances and reassert our place in the world.
But not under President Trump. And if we have to endure another 4 years of his leadership, we may fall too far behind China to come back.
