Their military are the two strongest in the world. Many international commentators believe that the US-China conflict will be the dominant global subject of the twenty-first century.
However, only one of the two presidential contenders from the main parties is currently discussing US-China relations on a regular basis—something he has been doing for years.
In his five rallies since the presidential debate earlier this month, Republican front-runner Donald Trump has reportedly brought up China forty times, according to an assessment by Verify. At a town hall forum last week in Michigan, he brought up the country twenty-seven times in an hour.
Additionally, Trump portrays China, which has the second-biggest economy in the world, as an economic predator when discussing the country and the tensions that exist between the two superpowers.
He has stated that he thinks Chinese-made vehicles will ruin the US auto industry and that he wants to stop them from being sold. He has sent a warning to China about trying to usurp the US dollar as the global reserve currency. He has also attributed the Covid epidemic on the Chinese government.
Numerous economists doubt the efficacy of Trump’s proposed tariffs and caution that US consumers will ultimately suffer as a result. However, Trump’s speech is geared toward working-class voters in the crucial industrial Midwest swing states who have been negatively impacted by rising competition from