I think we've been at war with China, it's just not a shooting war.
"By 2028, we will own the USA without firing a shot."
- Senior Chinese Military General 2017
Absolutely.
Hell, we just had Chinese Nationals physically infiltrate a naval base recently, we are constantly catching their spies... seems like often they are connected to American politicians (driver, GF, aide, etc) or universities.
The "Biden School for Diplomacy" at U Penn is a literal Chinese spy shop.
The #1 reason China lends money is because they KNOW the borrower cannot pay it back.
We are deeply infiltrated and have been for a couple generations.
I think my track record of "no new wars" speaks for itself.
I also think hot war with China is going to happen unless we start playing the game the way they play it. I think they would be significantly weakened if we just stopped paying what we owe and aggressively shut down their operations here. Do it at the right time and it really fucks them.
Or.....
We just keep getting weaker and more dependent on their wares and loans and social engineering.
I know that the military is preparing for this. There is a realistic scenario where Europe sits it out and its just us and Australia for a while*.
*China told Aus to sit it out or they are next several years ago. Australia already knows they are next either way, they are closer to Hong Kong than anyone else.