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I hadn’t really thought about the points made by Alyssa and Peter that a trade war often leads to much worse outcomes later. If the USA and China lose the cultural links they’ve established over the last 30 years and we continue to view each other as irredeemable enemies real conflict may loom.

That is a depressing, if not potentially inevitable outcome of Trump’s moronic policies. And of course, his acolytes think he’s some tough guy. But in reality he’s a complete coward who would be frozen in fear if hostilities erupted.

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