It came days after President Trump suggested countries may have to choose between the United States and China — and administration officials leaked a plan to leverage the president’s “Liberation Day” tariff threat to block Beijing from transshipping exports through other nations to the US. This moment transcends tariff rates or economic deals: Locked in a global trade war, the US and the Chinese Communist Party expect the rest of the world to pick sides in a new Cold War for the 21st century. At this inflection point, Trump needs to do more than wield economic power, though that is necessary: He must make an explicit case to the American people and the rest of the world that the CCP’s economic tentacles pose an existential threat to our lives and our core freedoms.
Author: Michael Sobolik
Published at: 2025-04-21 22:53:50
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