Subject: Re: Consequences
Wow and China wasn't doing this for years leading up to this.

They were!

And several years ago, a reaction was building among countries that had signed away more than they bargained for when they signed onto Chinese loans, security arrangements and development projects- in Africa, Latin America and Asia. The United States was actually beginning to make inroads among dissaffected
Chinese client-states. And Anthony Blinken was doing a great job of organizing and promoting a soft power response that was beginning to win back friends and key relationships in multiple regions of the world.


That has all been swept away now.