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I actually agree with Trump fxxking with China big time, and it is one of the few things that he is doing extremely well on.
From an American perspective, China has really gotten to big, powerful, and rich for US' comfort. China's growth and aggressiveness in recent years is also causing a disruption to the status quo in numerous places around the globe, with the most severe disruptions / threats to the East, SE, and South Asia stability. Korea, Japan, and the Philippines are all strategy US allies (and mostly loyal US lap dogs). Having these countries under pressure and threat from China is not very good for the US to maintain control in the region.
The grand Chinese pipedream of One Belt One Road is likely also causing some concern in the US.
Granted, I don't suppose any of these ideas are primarily coming from Trump. Instead, they are more likely the grand US institutional strategy. Since they align well with Trump's MAGA initiative, and perfectly suits Trump's bullying and confrontative style of "diplomacy", I'm sure the institutional players are happy to see Trump using economic sanctions to contain China.
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