However, there was and is always an effort to 'play nice' if at all possible while also making the costs of war far higher than the benefits of war. That's why making economic connections is so important. We do a lot of business with China. Our companies have factories there and employ a lot of Chinese workers. Additionally, they sell a lot of manufactured goods to us , and they hold a lot of our debt. That's trillions of dollars at risk in any war.
It seems that many people believe in the globalist idea that entangled economies cannot go to war with each other
Nations can go to war with their trading partners and china certainly will when their military is strong enough win a war with the US - assuming the world refuses to bend to chinese will
They seek overwhelming military power so that they can win a war without firing a shot
But if war comes such as any resistance to china taking over the entire south china sea or an invasion of Taiwan china intends to win that war
The anti globalist position - trumps position - is that trade with china is what allows them to build up their military and should be reduced rather than expanded
the free nations acting in unison could restrain china and avoid a situation in the future where we either have to capitulate to chinese demands or go to war
Globalism with china as the kingpin is not in our or the worlds best interest