The U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, was in China last weekend. He was there to polish President Xi’s shoes. Before the trip, the White House said Blinken was not going with the intention of making any deal or conveying any information. No big results should be expected.
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True to form, Mr. Blinken underperformed his goal.
The goal of the White House was to reestablish an emergency line of communications with Beijing. The hope was to be able to avoid an accident that might lead to military conflict between the nations. President Xi turned the proposal down. As importantly, the manner and words Xi used in delivering his message declining the request are a personal affront to both Mr. Biden and Mr. Blinken. Mr. Blinken struck out in his appearance on this point.
Blinken was also looking for help from China in clamping down on Mexican drug cartels making fentanyl. Chinese pharmaceutical companies partner with Mexican cartels by providing the precursor ingredients needed to manufacture fentanyl. The fentanyl manufactured in Mexico is flooding into the U.S. The CDC has reported there have been over 100,000 deaths from fentanyl overdoses in the U.S. No commitment for help on the fentanyl issue was obtained from China. Mr. Blinken struck out again.
Mr. Blinken went to China with two big asks. He got nothing on either issue except insulted personally and nationally. What was accomplished on this trip? Mr. Blinken says he had a robust discussion on a range of issues, including North Korea, Ukraine, and human rights. There were no results of any sort on those issues either. Mr. Blinken struck out on these issues too.
It seems President Xi thinks Mr. Blinken and Mr. Biden have more kowtowing to do before there will be any possibility of productive talks. Incidentally, Mr. Blinken sold out Taiwan over the weekend. He said the U.S. does not support Taiwan’s independence. That would appear to be a change in position and a large one. Still, President Xi says Blinken missed a spot in polishing his shoes.
This trip was supposed to happen in February. But that was when China sent a spy balloon across America. Mr. Biden said over the weekend that he does not believe the Chinese knew where the balloon was or what was in it, or what was going on. That probably shows us that the leadership of one of the two countries, America or China, has a pretty loose grasp of what is happening or what is going on. Hint: it’s not China.
Biden’s statement is stupid. He is apologizing for Beijing and its spy balloon program. His intelligence community has told him otherwise. His Secretary of State was sharing this with dozens of countries around the world. It sure appears Joe Biden is compromised by the Chinese Communist Party.
China’s spy balloon operations have been monitored for years by U.S. intelligence. They are operated by the Chinese military. They have sent many spy balloons all around the world. Mr. Blinken said as much last February when he canceled his planned trip. He also said China’s spy balloon program has violated the sovereignty of nations on five continents. Now, Mr. Blinken says it’s time to close that issue…. Oh my, what a strong, decisive position… that would be derision.
China got exactly what it wanted from the meeting over the weekend. We got nothing. We gave China public assurances that we do not and will not acknowledge an independent Taiwan. China gave us the promise to study the possibility of a committee that might address China’s culpability in killing over 100,000 American citizens through fentanyl overdose. What can be taken away from what the world has been shown?
That is what the world saw over the weekend. America is as weak as Joe Biden. We gave tribute. We got a pocketful of mumbles in return. We are fools. Not just fools but weak fools. Countries around the world are deciding which power to ally themselves with. America looks as stupid, weak, hypocritical, and unreliable as our erratic, woke, leftist leadership is. That’s what the world saw.
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