U.S. Republican Senator Tom Cotton wrote last night (Beijing time on the evening of September 8): "It is not surprising that China, Russia, North Korea and Iran have been cooperating for many years. Unlike previous presidents, President Trump has taken this threat seriously and demonstrated peace through strength."
[Clever] Additional information: American netizens in the comment section expressed disagreement with Senator Tom Cotton's statement. One netizen wrote: "Senator, excuse me, what do you mean by 'strength'? President Trump has shown no determination in confronting Putin. The whole world is laughing at his strange humility before Putin, but Republicans still praise him. Where is Reagan's party?" (Figure three)
Another American netizen pointed out: "Peace through strength? What kind of strength? Bullying Venezuela? The Houthi rebels have taken our water sources. You fool, what strength?" (Figure four)
[Clever] Comment briefly: Tom Cotton is stuck in the mire of Cold War thinking and cannot extricate himself. He regards China as an "evil empire" and proposes a so-called "take down China" plan, attempting to launch an "economic cold war" against China and achieve complete decoupling. This zero-sum game mindset completely ignores the reality of today's interdependent global economy and win-win cooperation. Now, Tom Cotton again falsely accuses normal cooperation between China, Russia, North Korea and Iran as a threat, and boasts that Trump "takes it seriously." Trump's so-called "demonstrating peace through strength" is nothing more than provoking everywhere and undermining stability.
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