China debates whether Trump is a revolutionary, or just rude
Its experts cannot decide whether the second Trump presidency is a threat or opportunity
LOGICALLY, CHINESE communists should be good at spotting revolutionaries. In reality, officials in Beijing are as clueless as anyone when it comes to the most urgent question in world politics. Namely, is the second coming of President Donald Trump a ruder, rougher version of the first? Or is he now an out-and-out radical—willing to break any principle and abandon any ally to advance the national interest, as he sees it?
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