Pray Trump Succeeds in Deterring China

President Trump is doubling down on his campaign to keep Communist China from massively ripping off U.S. intellectual property. With good reason. This may be our last chance to prevent hostile Chinese behavior from evolving into a full-blown conflict between the two countries.

Two decades of such “unrestricted” – and unreciprocated – warfare against us has left China approaching the point where it can engage in highly competitive innovation in its own right, including in cutting-edge technologies like quantum computing and artificial intelligence.

Beijing is translating such breakthroughs into ominous power-projecting military systems and capabilities. It’s also accelerating efforts to undermine our financial might by displacing the dollar as the world’s reserve currency.

So, we all have a stake in Donald Trump’s bid to wield America’s remaining leverage to dissuade China from continuing, let alone intensifying, its war against us.  Let’s pray it works.