The risk of a trade war between China and the United States has been simmering below the surface ever since Donald Trump became president in 2016. In early 2018, the word “risk” is gone, and the trade war has become a reality.
As usual, the mainstream media blames Trump for wreaking havoc on the stock market and disrupting the status quo the mainstream media loves so much. Yet the president is just fulfilling one of his campaign promises—and, in this case, a tougher stance against China is fully justified.