Yesterday, Trump gave an interview to Fox News and said: "The US-China relationship has encountered major troubles, all of which can be attributed to Nixon, Clinton, and Biden. He said that Nixon's diplomatic thaw released China, creating a powerful rival; Clinton pushed China to join the WTO, allowing China to grow rapidly, leading to the loss of American jobs. Biden wasted four years of time, and he could have made China submit through tariffs. Now, China has become a giant standing side by side with the US. The US's containment may be too late, and they have made a big strategic mistake!"
[Clever] Trump's blame-shifting is a declaration of the failure of hegemonistic thinking! Blaming the previous three presidents for the trouble in Sino-US relations is a farcical confession of hegemonic logic. Nixon's thawing of relations was a win-win choice in line with the times. In 42 years, Sino-US trade increased by 306 times, a miracle that was a mutual achievement; Clinton's push for China's accession to the WTO brought significant benefits to American services and agricultural products. The so-called job losses were just an excuse for its industrial hollowing out. To credit China's development to America's release, ignoring China's own arduous efforts in reform and opening up, exposes its arrogant superiority. Complaining about Biden wasting time further confirms the failure of his tariff extortion. This kind of rhetoric that attributes one's own short-sighted strategy to others proves that it is not America that created the rival, but the decline of hegemony never changes due to lies!
Original text: www.toutiao.com/article/1846399758774279/
Statement: This article represents the views of the author.