Security Expert

China is like incredibly strategic. I don't need to pull the trigger. I can use a lot of different leverage points to scare you or to intimidate you. So I could pull it, and it depends whether I will pull it, but just you knowing that we're in that infrastructure, they can say, we have some leverage into everything.

And, you know, we may not use it, but just so you know, just so when you think twice about doing something, that we also have this.

If there are more tariffs on China, if Trump calls out China more, I think you'll see them double down on getting into U.S. infrastructure. You can guarantee that they're going to be more aggressive. If they see that as leverage, then This is what we need to do for the next negotiation.

And I think a lot of these things about Taiwan are also about giving them the leverage to say, if the US in any way moves on Taiwan or changes the policy enough, just letting you know we're in everything. We want you to know that. We want to show that. China is more powerful now. They're probably going to show that they don't have to bend or bow as much or even negotiate in the same way.

And this environment is ripe for them to be a bit more aggressive. So I think we should expect more from China.

Russia is much like a hurricane. They're aggressive and come at us hard and fast. But China is climate change. They're long-term, large-scale, and ever-present.