This enemy of my enemy is still my enemy

"We need a divorce from China. Not in 2030, but now. They are poison. Our best interests are their last concern, They have chosen to be our enemy and not our friend. They should be treated as such." 

Oh, boy. President Xi of China is going to visit Putin this week to discuss - their alliance. It is feared that China is going to give Russia a hand up on munitions, so they can continue this bloodbath in Ukraine. We have warned China not to, and they have ignored us. Why? They are not our friend. Not even close. But hold on! Don't we need each other? Trading partners? Unfortunately, yes.

Even though our President has a bromance with China, most of us who know better, are very, very leery of them. And scared. Why? Currently, about 20% of our imports come from China. I know, I know. Looking around the house, one would think that number would be more like 80%. 

Gary Cohn, an economic advisor to Donald Trump, is reported to have said, "If you are the Chinese, and you really want to destroy us, just stop sending us antibiotics." Yes, they do make quite a bit of the drugs we use. They may only supply less than 20% of our finished drugs, but they make 80% of key ingredients which are used in many of our meds. Is this a clear and present danger to us? You better believe it!

Speaking of drugs, shall we talk about the other kind that China supplies to us? Like fentanyl? They are a major supplier of this deadly drug. They send it to Mexico, and then the cartels get it over the border. They don't need to stop sending us our legal drugs to kill tens of thousands of Americans - illegal fentanyl does the job for them. 

So let's get this straight. China, our "friend", our trading partner, is really our fiend instead. They poison us, they spy on us, with everything from large balloons flying over our country to students in our universities, they steal our IP, and they war game against us. They are not our friend - not even close. I wish someone would tell Biden, Harris, Kerry, and Granholm this fact. They don't want to treat us as brothers and sister - they want to dance on our graves.

Sixty-six million citizens think we need a national divorce from each other. I have a better idea. We need a divorce from China. Not in 2030, but now. They are poison. Our best interests are their last concern, They have chosen to be our enemy and not our friend. They should be treated as such.