Yeah maybe. I was just trying to say that if the "great minds" in charge of the US nuclear arsenal wanted to militarily mitigate the threat of China eating into American hegemony now would be the best time, since with each passing year the outcome would get more and more dire for them. Will they go for it, no one knows. On the one hand the US never nuked the USSR even though they had a head start of two decades in terms of parity and almost one decade in terms of pretty much complete and total impunity. On the other hand they never had outright apocalyptic nuts controlling the American state and military. If it was just Trump I wouldn't worry, since people like him prioritize their personal safety and well being above all else.
Yeah maybe. I was just trying to say that if the "great minds" in charge of the US nuclear arsenal wanted to militarily mitigate the threat of China eating into American hegemony now would be the best time, since with each passing year the outcome would get more and more dire for them. Will they go for it, no one knows. On the one hand the US never nuked the USSR even though they had a head start of two decades in terms of parity and almost one decade in terms of pretty much complete and total impunity. On the other hand they never had outright apocalyptic nuts controlling the American state and military. If it was just Trump I wouldn't worry, since people like him prioritize their personal safety and well being above all else.