Could Push Come to Shove in US Effort to Rein in Beijing?
A V-22 Osprey takes off from the USS Wasp as part of the annual joint U.S.-Philippines military exercise on the shores of San Antonio, facing the South China Sea, in Zambales Province, Philippines, on April 11, 2019. Ted Aljibe/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump is juggling three critically important domestic fronts: COVID-19, proliferating protest with concomitant rising crime in the wake of the George Floyd killing, and a reelection campaign tethered to low approval figures. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is doubtless pleased by these distractions.
Barbara Kay
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Barbara Kay is a columnist and author. Her latest writing project is co-authorship with Linda Blade of the book “Unsporting: How Trans Activism and Science Denial are Destroying Sport.”
