*Great Read* The looming strategic disaster at Mar-a-Lago this week
Very well written. I can only post 4 paragraphs.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/04/03/the-looming-strategic-disaster-at-mar-a-lago/?utm_term=.9b37e3f56fa6
But no, after reading about the preparations for Trump’s scheduled summit with Chinese premier Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago later this week, I have to write about this. I blame man-in-charge-of-Mexico-and-Canada-and-the-Middle-East-and-China-and-government-reform-and-criminal-justice-reform Jared Kushner.
China seems to have grasped that the best way to influence Mr Trump is via his family. Chinese diplomats have gone out of their way to court Mr Kushner and Ivanka Trump, who were their guests of honour at the Chinese new year celebration in February. China has also looked favourably on Mr Trump’s business.
It’s so great that the American political system resembles China’s political system enough for the Trump administration for have its very own princeling.
The thing is, China has been intervening to support the renminbi in recent years. It’s almost as though Trump is complaining about a problem that is 10 years out of date or something.
It involves Henry Kissinger:
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