The damage caused by Donald Trump to the United States’ reputation is creating opportunities for China, particularly with regards to Taiwan, according to a retired senior colonel from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
Speaking to the Guardian in Beijing, Zhou Bo said that Trump was damaging the US’s reputation “more than all of his predecessors combined”.
“By the end of his second term, I believe America’s global image will simply become more tarnished, its international standing will just go down further,” Zhou said. The people of Taiwan “know that America is going down”, which “might affect their mentality” with regards to China.
For those that are interested, according to Steve Bannon on his podcast today, Trump’s plan is to peel Russia away from China and surround them. This is why he apparently all too happy to throw Ukraine into the dirt. According to that very podcast, Trump deserves at third term because a statesman like Donald comes around once a century of your lucky.
I guessed I’m putting that out there, because it’s the only thing that gives any sort of logic to the Ukraine issue.
In that vein though, who shares the most values with Russia, Xi or Trump to build an alliance on?
Mark my words, if there is a capitulation in Ukraine, there will be 3 years to rebuild and a simultaneous invasion on both sides of Eurasia