Antony Blinken has gone to China to be scolded by Xi Jinping. And the Chinese have figured that he is so submissive that they have decided to punish him without dessert.

The Democrats reserve their bad temper for the Republicans, speaking to America’s enemies with soft, trembling voices, as they smile complacently. It’s like when a friend brags, shouting, “I go out for drinks and come back when I feel like it, not when my girlfriend tells me to,” and then suddenly she appears in the pub, and the guy’s voice starts to tremble and his complexion pales and he manages only to say a thousand times a second, “Yes, honey, yes, my love, whatever you say, my darling, whatever you say,” while bowing submissively. That’s what Blinken has done with Xi.

Just in case there are youngsters in the room who don’t know what’s going on with the Chinese: China is a giant economy built upon the blood of the Chinese themselves and run by an iron-fisted communist regime that makes everything, anything you can imagine that is not forbidden, mandatory. The communists have failed everywhere before, and China is no exception, but, unfortunately, they still have their people so subdued that insurrection is not an option.

America used to be the paradise of the free, and “freedom” is the exact opposite of “communism.” If you ask me, if you’re Blinken and you’re not going to China with a bunch of Tomahawk missiles in your suitcase, and I don’t think you are, it’s best not to go. But if you think it’s a good idea to go see Xi to try to placate tempers and avoid a future armed confrontation that would basically destroy the entire world (which makes me suspect it’s not a brilliant solution), the least you can do is prepare for the meeting, know what you want to accomplish, and try to come back holding something other than 15 tons of American humiliation.

If the government were a private company, Blinken would have been fired already, before he even got off the plane. But, of course, a private company would never have Joe Biden as CEO, unless it was a front company for Hunter’s shady business dealings. Against all odds, as if to prove that government incompetence goes incredibly unpunished, instead of firing him upon his return, Biden said that Blinken did a great job. Strictly speaking, he did: a great job for Xi Jinping. (RELATED: Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud, Gun Charges)

Let’s recap: Before the trip, Biden apologized to China for the CCP spy balloon affair over the United States. As he put it, it looked like a kid in Shanghai was playing with a balloon in a park, a very strong wind came, the kid let go of the string, and the balloon popped up in North Carolina. It was in no way significant that it was equipped with cameras and other spy systems and that it belonged to the communists.

Otherwise, the White House’s main objective for the visit was to reestablish communications between the Chinese and U.S. militaries, mainly to prevent some idiot from inadvertently starting World War III, Blinken said. Xi nodded eagerly, in that way that only the Chinese can moments before throwing you into a crocodile pit, and as soon as the American plane took off, he turned to his people and serious as hell said, “No way.” But in case it wasn’t clear enough, Xi sent out a spokesman to say that the U.S. knows very well why there are military incidents (because of sanctions, it was implied, but I don’t speak Chinese), shifting all the responsibility to the Americans.

Blinken also said he was very interested in letting the Chinese know firsthand that Biden would like nothing better than a resounding success for the Chinese economy. Does he have CCP shares? I’ve seen doormats with more courage than Blinken.

Before he left, to get out alive, I assume, he denied any U.S. support for Taiwan independence. Biden is not the bravest president in history, but Blinken is definitely not Sylvester Stallone either.

I have never doubted the infinite incompetence of Joe Biden and his team of miscellaneous characters (canonical English translates to “damn circus”). However, on this occasion, being useless doesn’t seem to begin to describe so much ridicule and so much reverence for a communist dictatorship. One more question becomes pertinent, and, after this absurd trip, I don’t know why there are no journalists asking it daily at the gates of the White House: “President Biden, what do you owe China?

Translated by Joel Dalmau.