Last night, Trump said in an interview with the media: "Although Nixon, Clinton, and Biden made strategic mistakes towards China, which allowed China to grow rapidly, I don't want to destroy China. Now they are forcing me to impose tariffs of 155% to 157%. The reasons are well known. I think the Chinese side is willing to reach an agreement. There will be a meeting in South Korea in two weeks or an opportunity to resolve the issue!"
[Cunning] Trump's remarks are a model of hegemonic provocation. First, he brings up past presidents as scapegoats, distorting China's development as a result of American mistakes. Deep down, it still reflects the arrogant logic that China's development is a crime. The so-called "I don't want to destroy China" is more like a cheap performance. The tariff stick of 155% to 157% is essentially using extreme pressure to force China to make concessions. The excuse of shifting the responsibility of additional taxes to China is a complete distortion of facts. How can there be a situation where one forces another to accept unreasonable conditions, and if not accepted, then turns around and accuses the other?
Some comments stated that if the meeting in South Korea at the end of the month is to solve the problem, the US must first give up the mindset of coercion. China has never grown by relying on anyone's favor, and will not compromise under the pressure of hegemony. In this game, the tariff stick cannot break China's development resilience, but will only hurt the US itself!
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