Trump diplomacy: a new US strategy for China

This week, President Donald Trump went through a new phase in his campaign for a second term.  In an interview with Reuters, President Trump said "China will do everything I can to win the election."  These bitter statements also signal the escalation of tensions between the world's two largest economies in the coming days.  Trump's campaign was supposed to focus on America's booming economy, but that is no longer possible.

Opinion polls show that Trump is losing popularity in many states as criticism mounts over his failure to stem the spread of the corona virus.  In this whole scenario, China comes to the fore where this epidemic started. China has also been accused of being slow to prevent the epidemic from spreading around the world.  Republican Party strategy targets former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.  The political committee of Trump's ally, American First Action, is advertising that Beijing Biden, Washington's elite, wants to create a conducive environment for China in the United States, and Biden is leading the campaign.

In response, Biden issued an ad accusing the president of seeking to divert criticism from the Corona virus epidemic, and initially relied too much on information from China.

Although there is a difference of opinion between the two parties, there is one thing in common in this contradiction and that is that both of them think that targeting Beijing would be politically beneficial. "If you look at Gallup and Pew's opinion polls, you will see that China needs distrust," said Kelly Seidler, an AFA member. Whether one belongs to the Republican or the Democratic Party, it is at its peak.  "Republicans and Democrats agree on this," he said.  Anti-China sentiment has grown since President Trump launched a trade war against China after taking office.  Trump's tone has been constantly changing when it comes to Beijing's criminal negligence in the outbreak of the corona virus, sometimes appearing to praise President Xi Jinping and sometimes criticizing the epidemic as a Chinese virus. Are But now President Trump has taken a tough election stance, promising to compensate China. The reason for the increase in this aggressive statement by the administration and several lawmakers is China's lack of transparency in the corona virus epidemic.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is at the forefront of this criticism. He often reiterates that the Chinese Communist Party cannot be trusted. His criticism is largely based on the fact that Beijing failed to stop the corona virus as soon as it was exposed, and he also questions the safety of Chinese laboratories.  China strongly denies the allegations.

Michael Green, an adviser on Asian affairs under former President George W. Bush, says all political parties are concerned about China's behavior. But members of President Trump's national security team view relations with China in such a way that China does not benefit if it is not harmed, and they do not want to allow China to benefit in the current situation.

Michael Green says the Chinese president's strategy is more aggressive than that of his predecessors. He also mentioned Chinese propaganda about the virus, which was spread by the US military.  According to Mr. Green, before President Trump took office, a staff of more than two dozen American and Chinese experts was working in Beijing at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  When this crisis arose, there were three to four experts. He says both governments are responsible.  Compared to national security experts, Mr. Trump's close circle, the New York Globalist, justifies that the United States needs China for trade and commerce.  Gary Loki, a Chinese-American who served as ambassador to Beijing under former President Barack Obama, says relations between China and the United States have been strained.

He said that it would be a kind of provocation but it would also seek broad cooperation on the economic front. Because many American farmers are Chinese buyers for production.

As the election approaches, President Trump has indicated that he will listen more to hardliners than to dissidents.  Many lawmakers have introduced legislation to cover up or distort information about the corona virus, or have come up with ideas that could punish Beijing.  The US states of Missouri and Mississippi have taken extraordinary steps in the case of compensation lawsuits.  Senator Tom Cotton is at the forefront of blaming China, saying the Chinese government deliberately allowed the virus to cross its borders.

He says that if he was in economic decline, he would not have allowed the world to prosper.

But bringing supply lines back to the United States is not easy, as it will increase tensions on both sides, even in the days when the United States is dependent on Chinese medicine and medical equipment in this epidemic. And rhetoric against China will only add fuel to the already racist atmosphere. This will increase the attacks on Asians in the United States.

"Just because I'm a Chinese American doesn't mean I'm a Chinese government official," says Gary Locke.  Unexpectedly, he appears in Trump's advertising campaign and through him, who criticized Biden.  Mr.  Biden's team was criticized for saying "out trumping out" instead of challenging the racist rhetoric.

Both campaigns rejected racism. But now China is being dragged into the middle of the election, even at a time when voters are angry and in financial trouble.

By November, voters' anger will have deepened and they will have sunk further into the abyss of poverty. At such times their votes will tell who they are blaming.