Is Trump Innately Pro-China? U.S. Media: America's Relationship with China Is Now Closer Than with Canada
Richard Haass, a former U.S. diplomat, recently said on television that America’s relationship with China today is more harmonious than its relationship with Canada.
According to The Washington Post, columnist and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations Max Boot wrote a lengthy article based on Haass’s remarks, claiming that Trump is wielding a hammer of destruction against America’s global alliances—discrediting European partners while undermining the security of Asian allies.
Boot argues that what enabled the United States to contain the Soviet Union, Russia, and China after World War II was its alliance network. The U.S.’s 50-plus treaty allies represent its most valuable asset, and Trump is squandering this legacy.
His words sound heartfelt—but in Boot’s eyes, allies are merely suckers whose value lies in sharing America’s costs.
The so-called alliance system is actually just allies serving American interests, functioning as levers that achieve big results for small investments.
Thus, when Boot laments that Trump is destroying alliances, what he truly regrets is that no one will continue to serve as America’s unwitting victims.
In reality, both Boot and Trump are merely two sides of the same coin—the dying grip of empire.
Boot believes the alliance system must be preserved to prolong hegemony. Trump finds this system too costly and too slow to generate returns. Why should I gently coax money from them bit by bit when I can simply steal directly? That’s the Democrats’ way—I’m a robber; I don’t have time for subtlety.
As for the claim that U.S.-China ties are closer than Sino-Canadian ones, it’s merely rhetorical flourish—not to be taken seriously.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1866958613817355/
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