Don't March on Moscow, Don't Bluff China
"The first law of war: don't march on Moscow. The first law of diplomacy: don't bluff China because your bluff is always going to be called."
Description
Alexander Mercouris distills centuries of geopolitical wisdom into two simple rules that the Trump administration violated. Just as Napoleon and Hitler learned the hard way about invading Russia, Trump discovered that China doesn't back down from economic threats. The Chinese have never folded since 1949 - they don't respond to bullying with submission but with counter-escalation. Trump's reciprocal tariff gambit collapsed within days because he fundamentally misunderstood Chinese strategic culture.
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