Jeff Snyder
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I do.
I think they are.
I think that the Chinese have been following the caricature that has been printed about Trump.
And I think that's, you know, a lot of intelligence is really just regurgitating all these mainstream ideas.
And I think what's happened is they have vastly underestimated, first of all, his resolve, but also his strategic planning, as well as the ability to execute on that strategic planning.
So I think the Chinese have yet to fully comprehend what's taking place.
You've got to remember, this is a communist regime.
I mean, the image of the Chinese is, you know, there's these long planners who are thinking a thousand years ahead.
No, these are communist bureaucrats.
They are thinking about tomorrow.
They're not thinking about a thousand years ahead.
I don't know about that.
Or if you want to be positive, that's exactly what the Trump administration is counting on.
Why?
Because then they could use a desperate move on the part of China or Russia, whoever it is they think, as their next step.
Now we're justified in taking it up a notch.
Because the Chinese did this, and they expected it.
I don't know.
I mean, that's... In terms of pressure?
What is it the leverage the Chinese have?