Five days ago, I came across the following message from the 2020 Trump campaign. It suggests that U.S. President Donald Trump acted swiftly to lead the country into a lifeboat and away from the sinking wreck of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. See for yourself:
There is plenty of room to discuss what is misleading about the campaign's assessment. We could also look at whether the U.S. would be in a different situation had it prepared for a potential virus outbreak. In any case, note that the Trump campaign is not paying lip service to the libertarian Tea Party and Ron Paul types who think nothing should have been done amidst the coronavirus. Instead, the message seems to be that we got the sort of steadfast, principled dedication to "America First" from Trump that he campaigned on, as if America's president had immediately restricted foreigners to business travel or implemented quarantines on inbound-flight passengers or something. All of the Trump Administration's initial downplaying of the virus is erased and forgotten.
China has not forgotten, however, as shown in the following video released by the Xinhua News Agency. The video showcases China's view of America's response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. In just five days, it has acquired over 1.5 million views:
So yes, China is literally laughing at us. As one writer keenly observes:
There is plenty of room to discuss what is misleading about the campaign's assessment. We could also look at whether the U.S. would be in a different situation had it prepared for a potential virus outbreak. In any case, note that the Trump campaign is not paying lip service to the libertarian Tea Party and Ron Paul types who think nothing should have been done amidst the coronavirus. Instead, the message seems to be that we got the sort of steadfast, principled dedication to "America First" from Trump that he campaigned on, as if America's president had immediately restricted foreigners to business travel or implemented quarantines on inbound-flight passengers or something. All of the Trump Administration's initial downplaying of the virus is erased and forgotten.
China has not forgotten, however, as shown in the following video released by the Xinhua News Agency. The video showcases China's view of America's response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. In just five days, it has acquired over 1.5 million views:
So yes, China is literally laughing at us. As one writer keenly observes:
"China got hit bad, but it recovered, now restaurants are open and people are back to work. 4k dead officially, 80k infected. Say it’s double that, it’s still nothing.
Meanwhile 1 million infected in Europe, another 1 million in the US. The EU completely collapsing as a political actor, with European countries not only not helping each other but actively sabotaging them, e.g. France confiscating medical supplies bought by Italy from Sweden as it passed through French territory. Trump denying the whole thing, then getting shamed by Tucker Carlson to do something, then getting AMOG’ed by state governors into taking a harder line than he wanted, then pushing for hydroxychloroquine as a cure all, then having the whole Cathedral campaigning against the treatment, preferring people die than proving Trump right.
The Chinese are watching Tiktok all day, which in China feeds them government news videos randomly among the first 10 or so videos, and last month it was all about “see these dumb white people not wearing a mask! Partying as the virus spread! Saying it’s like the flu! What are they thinking?!”. So yeah, the Chinese are feeling very damn smart right now. Which I think it’s great. As you all may know, my stance is that the world needs political diversity. China is the only world power not under the control or influence of USG, the Cathedral and progressive ideology. No Globohomo down there. China was way more admiring of the West 10 years ago, when they felt poor and inadequate compared to the wealth and sophistication of the West. Now they think they’re rich and smart and we’re stupid and incapable of manufacturing even fucking paper masks. China is making a point of selling medical equipment as a diplomatic endeavor, “winning hearts and minds”. But the fact remains that the West is physically incapable of providing basic goods for the healthcare of its citizens. Which is something you’d expect of the Third World."
