…the Trump administration is conducting two calculated national security operations in which America’s vast, varied and flexible Economic resources serve as the administration’s primary big stick.
Talk softly while wielding a big stick — that was Theodore Roosevelt’s sound bite dictum. In 2019 we have the Trump administration, and soft-spoken it is not. But that warrants a historical reminder: TR could get loud and large, a bit like DT.
I suggest you read the entire essay. And did I mention I have a new book? Well, reasonably new. Trade War 2019 is a wicked cocktail — especially for China.