This is our greatest geopolitical threat, and it’s one the GOP presidential candidates need to address
John,
How the U.S. deters war with China and wins the new cold war in the long term has received little attention as a 2024 campaign issue – in part because of publicity surrounding the endless stream of indictments against Donald Trump.
Tonight’s debate provides the candidates on stage with an opportunity to change that.
While Joe Biden remains blinded by his party’s belief that climate change – not China – is the biggest geopolitical threat facing the U.S, the Republican candidates on stage have a chance to draw a stark contrast by offering their plan to address the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party.
The Biden Administration has revived diplomatic and economic engagement with China as a core pillar of American grand strategy. This approach has a decades-long record of failure.
Republicans on tonight’s debate stage should make clear:
How Marxist-Leninist regimes respond to appeasement.
What they will do to counter the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party.
How the superiority of the American system – and freedom – must prevail.
This isn’t a big ask of our next Commander-in-Chief. But it’s a critical one.