Ignoring Trump's bluffing words, one can only conclude this is NOT a strong response; a "proportional" one at best.

Trade is a separate issue, but so far it appears China is only purchasing half of what they are supposed to purchase. At some point in the near future, this will need to be addressed, but now I have realized that other than tariffs, there seems little Trump can do to cause real damage to China in this arena, because the CCP almost always deviates from "agreements" whenever there is…

Who said we're dependent? Just because we can make do without them doesn't mean that we shouldn't want to draw the best and brightest away from the CCP to America if we can. And let's dispense with the racially charged rhetoric about "quality" as well. I have several Chinese coworkers and they are lovely and intelligent people.

Trump has no policy on anything aside from getting reelected. He's tough on Cuba and Venezuela only because of the Florida vote. On China, like almost everything else, he simply assumed that if he yelled and screamed, they would...what? Fix the trade deficit? But China realized that Trump is a paper tiger and didn't roll over. Now he doesn't know what to do. If he "decouples," the markets tank and US economic recovery is all the more problematic. So he cuts ties with the WHO in the middl…