Since Biden took office, he has been "obsessed" with provoking wars in various regions, but on China's doorstep, Biden is keen to achieve a "balanced" state. It will not directly go to war with the PLA, but it can constantly respond to the Chinese side, buzzing around people like a fly.
But former President Donald Trump is different, he prefers to keep the fire on the fire. During Trump's presidency, the military conflict with China was not as strong as that of Biden, but the commercial war with China was in full swing.
Now Trump is running for president again, and judging by his current approval ratings, he is expected to beat Biden and re-enter the presidency. Now that Trump has not yet taken office, he has already formulated measures against China, which shows how much China's "thorn" hurts Trump!
Trump still sees Huawei as his worst enemy
Recently, Trump's team suddenly published a book called "America First, American National Security", although Trump did not write it, but the person who wrote this book can be called Trump's confidant, and the policy guidelines he wrote can fully represent Trump's meaning.
In addition to some policy guidelines for the United States and its allies, it also includes China, and there are many references to China.
Judging from the content of this book, Trump still insists that China is the biggest "enemy" of the United States, and the current White House policy towards Russia and China is somewhat reversed.
For Biden, Russia is the worst enemy of the United States, and China should maintain some "balance" with which it can neither be completely friendly nor outright provoked. This is also the reason why every time there is a conflict between the two sides of the strait, or when China and the Philippines are about to conflict in the South China Sea, the United States immediately warns the Philippines and Taiwan not to completely provoke China.
In the face of Russia, Biden will not have these scruples, he only hates that Ukraine cannot be stronger, directly defeating Russia and completely erasing Russia from the world map.
As far as Trump is concerned, he actually likes Putin quite a bit, so he is also tolerant of Russia. But this is not the case with China, which Trump has an inexplicable attachment and hatred for China, as if China is a thorn in his flesh, and only by pulling it out can he be happy.
So before taking office, the Trump team published such a book aimed at China. It is said to be a book, but in fact, it is some of Trump's policies after he took office.
Doubling down on China in the military, economic, political, tariff and other fields
The book makes it clear that the United States must focus its main military power on China and the "equal threat." It is not difficult to see that as long as Trump takes office, the military forces deployed around China should be more powerful than under Biden. Now Biden has deployed one or two aircraft carrier battle groups in the South China Sea, and has also deployed various military aircraft and ships in the first and second island chains. In addition, Typhon was deployed in the northern part of the Philippines.
If Trump were to add military power to that base, it would be tantamount to splitting the center of gravity of the U.S. military into two parts, one to defend the U.S. homeland and the other to send all of them to China's periphery.
In the political field, Trump should continue to follow his previous style, pour dirt on China on various issues, promote the China threat theory everywhere, and brainwash his allies and countries that want to win over him, saying how bad China is and what kind of threat it will pose to the West or neighboring countries such as Japan, India, and South Korea, so as to encourage them to continue to oppose China, or increase their antagonism.
In the economic realm, Trump should ramp up the trade war, which is what he does best. Born as a businessman, he has brought a lot of trouble to China in the field of economy and trade, especially technology, and many people should still remember the previous 5G war.
One more thing is mentioned in the book, and that is the issue of tariffs. Previously, Trump discussed with his team the possibility of "imposing a 60% tariff on Chinese exports", and even many members of the Trump team thought that this possibility was very high, because the United States had previously raised tariffs on Japan to 100%.
However, if Trump does raise tariffs on China by 60%, he will be the last to attack himself. While trade between China and the United States is interconnected in many areas, the United States will be more dependent on China. Once the United States increases China's tariffs, China can temporarily cut off trade with the United States, and finally the United States loses China, a major customer, and they are still affected, after all, in the current earth, there is no second market as huge as China. Especially in terms of industry, there is absolutely no comparison with China in terms of output and quality.
There is also a word "reciprocity" mentioned in the book, but what is reciprocity here? To put it simply, China and its affiliates should not have land, infrastructure, applications, intellectual property, education, media, etc. In other words, China should return to the poverty and backwardness of the late Qing Dynasty.
Generally speaking, none of the China-targeted parts of this book are conducive to Sino-US cooperation, and they are all "perverted" measures to suppress China. However, every time Trump fights an economic and trade war with China during his tenure, isn't it the United States that pays the price in the end? On the contrary, China is becoming more and more powerful in the face of oppressive sanctions, why does Trump still not remember for a long time?