Subject: Re: One Possible Tariff Endgame
Ah, but you forgot Russia. Who needs European military when the 4-D chess player can drive a wedge between the two other great powers? They will help us as soon as Ukraine stops its war of aggression against our dear ally.

Erm, okay.

Meanwhile, here's China today:

Let those peasants in the United States wail in front of the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. The Chinese people do not cause trouble, nor are they afraid of trouble. Pressure, threats and blackmail are not the right way to deal with China.

This from one of their party higher-ups in Hong Kong.