Brian Carter

And I think that COVID and economics and if you look at investment, some of this changing of supply chains is moving of its own inertia, whether our leaders want it to or not. I want it to. But so, you know, she has to see some of this writing on the wall. I hope Trump's style and opening salvos will move things forward.

Every administration comes in with high hopes and people sort of try to feel out where the progress can be had.

Every administration comes in with high hopes and people sort of try to feel out where the progress can be had.

Every administration comes in with high hopes and people sort of try to feel out where the progress can be had.

I agree a lot with Gordon's general analysis of these things. The only sort of twist I would put on it really is it just reminds me of how we saw and talked about the war on terror after 9-11. It's this idea that a war is declared on us and we can choose whether we saw it or not, but really our only choice is whether and how we're going to respond.

I agree a lot with Gordon's general analysis of these things. The only sort of twist I would put on it really is it just reminds me of how we saw and talked about the war on terror after 9-11. It's this idea that a war is declared on us and we can choose whether we saw it or not, but really our only choice is whether and how we're going to respond.

I agree a lot with Gordon's general analysis of these things. The only sort of twist I would put on it really is it just reminds me of how we saw and talked about the war on terror after 9-11. It's this idea that a war is declared on us and we can choose whether we saw it or not, but really our only choice is whether and how we're going to respond.

I think that basically the Communist Party of China never was planning to be our friend, but it certainly was happy to receive advantage over many years. I think it's been in a low-grade economic and political war with us for some time, and it's acquired the capability to be in a hot war with us.

I think that basically the Communist Party of China never was planning to be our friend, but it certainly was happy to receive advantage over many years. I think it's been in a low-grade economic and political war with us for some time, and it's acquired the capability to be in a hot war with us.

I think that basically the Communist Party of China never was planning to be our friend, but it certainly was happy to receive advantage over many years. I think it's been in a low-grade economic and political war with us for some time, and it's acquired the capability to be in a hot war with us.

Whether and how that plays out, I think that whether you look at what happened with COVID, whether you look at what's gone on with weird efforts to compromise parts of the United States or sow division through psychological apps like TikTok and other kinds of things, they clearly are engaged in what the Communist Party is built around, which is political warfare, ideological warfare, above all else.

Whether and how that plays out, I think that whether you look at what happened with COVID, whether you look at what's gone on with weird efforts to compromise parts of the United States or sow division through psychological apps like TikTok and other kinds of things, they clearly are engaged in what the Communist Party is built around, which is political warfare, ideological warfare, above all else.

Whether and how that plays out, I think that whether you look at what happened with COVID, whether you look at what's gone on with weird efforts to compromise parts of the United States or sow division through psychological apps like TikTok and other kinds of things, they clearly are engaged in what the Communist Party is built around, which is political warfare, ideological warfare, above all else.

so that you get your opponents to divide and sort of get conquered by themselves so you don't have to rise up as high to be the top dog. That, I think, has been tried and true for them. It's playing out more. And so are they on a war footing? I'd say they always have been to a degree. It's just these different lanes where it's accelerating or getting emphasized more.

so that you get your opponents to divide and sort of get conquered by themselves so you don't have to rise up as high to be the top dog. That, I think, has been tried and true for them. It's playing out more. And so are they on a war footing? I'd say they always have been to a degree. It's just these different lanes where it's accelerating or getting emphasized more.

so that you get your opponents to divide and sort of get conquered by themselves so you don't have to rise up as high to be the top dog. That, I think, has been tried and true for them. It's playing out more. And so are they on a war footing? I'd say they always have been to a degree. It's just these different lanes where it's accelerating or getting emphasized more.

I think it's a little more shocking to see the military part space, AI, and technology really reaching farther and faster now. But the fundamentals really were us deluding ourselves that they thought otherwise during a reform and opening period. And Xi Jinping, I think, is a different leader that way.

I think it's a little more shocking to see the military part space, AI, and technology really reaching farther and faster now. But the fundamentals really were us deluding ourselves that they thought otherwise during a reform and opening period. And Xi Jinping, I think, is a different leader that way.

I think it's a little more shocking to see the military part space, AI, and technology really reaching farther and faster now. But the fundamentals really were us deluding ourselves that they thought otherwise during a reform and opening period. And Xi Jinping, I think, is a different leader that way.

Yeah, well, there are more questions than answers when it comes to China's economy. It's always been thus. When I was a very, very young intelligence officer and my job was to kind of assess what was going on in the Chinese economy, some of our sources in government were better than what the private sector had. Now I'd say it's absolutely the reverse.