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Originally Posted by Dondilion

You mean, Biden should echo Trump?

Biden is in a bad position...be weak on China and confirm his critics, be strong on China and validate Trump.

As a matter of fact, the US is in a bad spot. Having given up a significant section of its manufacturing base it is now woefully dependent on China for a whole slew of goods and in a time of massive printing of money US cannot afford a shortage of consumer goods. That would be a recipe for runaway inflation.
The distribution of printed money now, in the time of Covid, is somewhat different than before. Covid has forced the powers that be to give money directly to the people. Previously fiat was shared mainly by those close to the printing - bankers, and their friends - whose spending and investment habits are radically different from the average joe.



The matrix that is now imposed on US society and its economy by Covid is not going to change for now. It seems to me that some states have adopted a de facto herd immunity policy to confront the new complexities.

Trump tough on China?
He talked all big and tough yet did little to nothing, nothing of real substance.

As to Biden echoing, he needs to be in front of this, not responding later to the rights assertions. If even all that comes of it would be reforms to the ways research and its safety are handled.