The hostile relations Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Senator Josh Hawley advocate are risky at best, built on a misunderstanding of U.S. interests and more likely to do us harm than good.
In a pair of speeches last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri laid out competing visions of world order but similarly combative positions toward China. Both iterations are eminently understandable, given Beijing's gross record of oppression and mishandling of the crucial early hours of the coronavirus pandemic. But the hostile relations Pompeo and Hawley advocate are risky at best, built on a misunderstanding of U.S.
He would not say how the Trump administration would respond"to the calamity that has befallen the world as a result of the actions of the Chinese Communist Party," declining to disavow President Donald Trump'swas a Red Scare redux."The Chinese Communist Party is a menace to all free peoples. It seeks nothing less than domination," he warned, painting Beijing as an imminent threat to the United States.
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