| ▲ | CamperBob2 3 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
The plans weren't wishes, they were things they were actively working on to make happen. The point is they didn't need "Trump's erratic and corrupt trade policy" to motivate it, they were already motivated to do it anyway. Yes, they were "actively working on it"; no, they had made little significant progress despite throwing tons of money at the initiative. There were lots of stories along the lines of https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/technology/china-microchi... from the early 2020s, not so many lately. Their internal posture will now be the same as Russia's post-1945 push for the Bomb. Continued failure will (possibly literally) place heads at stake. The US's problem is that its actions are uncoordinated. They are coordinated well enough, but with the goal of magnifying Cheeto Benito's personal influence and cultivating his in-group's fortunes. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | palmotea 3 days ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> Yes, they were "actively working on it"; no, they had made little significant progress despite throwing tons of money at the initiative. That's how things sometimes go when you're building up a capability. I'm sure they were going to work through the setbacks, regardless. >> The US's problem is that its actions are uncoordinated. > They are coordinated well enough, but with the goal of magnifying Cheeto Benito's personal influence and cultivating his in-group's fortunes. No. That problem is bigger than the Trump administrations, focusing on him is lazy. | |||||||||||||||||
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