The recent meeting between Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping of China seemed to offer a moment of genuine diplomacy — a welcome break from our government’s Cold War 2.0 on China. But instead of asking the real questions — for example, why Trump took an entourage of tech CEOs as part of a diplomatic mission — many anti-MAGA liberals are falling into a comfortable right-wing rut, accusing Trump of being soft on China.
The Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for example, issued a statement calling out the administration for being insufficiently confrontational on Taiwan, on Iran, and on China’s alleged “military aggression.”
Do they really think they can beat MAGA by running to the right? And are they willing to risk a world war to do it?
Meanwhile, the White House continues to tighten the vise around the Cuban people with the sham indictment of former president Raúl Castro — all to the fawning chorus of the capitalist press.
In this episode, Scott Hiley is joined by Krista Chan, Justine Medina, and Cameron Harrison (just back from a visit to China). We’ll also talk with Marc Brodine about his new book, Red Answers — now available from International Publishers.
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The Communist Party USA is a revolutionary working-class political party founded in 1919 in Chicago, IL.
The Communist Party stands for the interests of the American working class and the American people. It stands for our interests in both the present and the future. Solidarity with workers of other countries is also part of our work. We work in coalition with the labor movement, the peace movement, the student movement, organizations fighting for equality and social justice, the environmental movement, immigrants rights groups and the health care for all campaign.
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