Trump Embraces 'Cooperation' After Years of 'Competition' (for PR)
The former administration, which once blacklisted Huawei and declared Xinjiang a 'genocide,' now seeks a new 'world order' where great powers 'look the other way.' Axios notes Trump's team backed off sanctioning China for the 'Salt Typhoon' cyber intrusions—an act that would've been deemed an existential threat just months ago. Funny how 'direct threats to our interests' suddenly become negotiable
when a trade pact is on the line. This 'cooperation' sounds suspiciously like a convenient truce, especially when it involves urging Japan to 'cool it' over Taiwan brinksmanship while simultaneously selling Nvidia chips to Beijing. One might ask if 'mutually beneficial trade relations' simply translates to selective blindness when geopolitical rivals threaten to expose anything from human rights
abuses to cyber warfare. The only consistent 'foundation' here appears to be American self-interest, redefined on a whim.