Jeff Snyder

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?