When a violent embezzler (US since 1971) with loads of stolen money (Fed's fiat printer) is facing the end of a prosperous criminal career, desperation is next.
US leadership has since 1971 betrayed the US people by making them dependent on the financial fraud it committed. So today most US people (not the real* Americans in Latin America) find themselves in the same sinking boat and therefore approve of whatever might save them. * Amerigo Vespucci never visited North America. However, "North America" became widely used in the 19th century because of US Monroe doctrine. Now Trump & Co understand that they need to push the whole world into US crime syndicate so to be able to kick the tin a little farther down the road. However, even if US tries to stop other countries access to Chinese products and science, China's R&D advantage will inevitably contrast brightly against being "allies" to, or forced to follow US dictatorship - which, after all, is equivalent to following a loser's path to bankruptcy and even more unpredictable and threatening behavior. US has long si...