After the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803, which almost doubled the size of the United States’ territory, US president Thomas Jefferson commissioned the legendary Lewis and Clark expedition, which surveyed new routes from the Missouri river to the Pacific coast. It also carried out work in agriculture, ethnography (with indigenous peoples) and geography. Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, that was the kind of science the US government was willing to pay for – practical,…
It would almost be better if Trump was a Chinese asset, working on their behalf for big wads of cash.
But no - he’s juat a shallow, thin-skinned, willfully ignorant and delusional narcissist with the emotional maturity of a toddler who throws tantrums whenever reality dares to be something other than whatever he wants it to be.
And yes - China will do nothing but gain and the US will do nothing but lose as a result.