Opinion | What the Kavanaugh inquiry signals for the US-China trade war
Robert Delaney says Trump faces significant challenges at home, but the trade war offers him hope of a great political victory. With Xi’s policies looking vulnerable, it’s no wonder China is far from keen to talk right now, yet a compromise is still possible
Partisan bickering in Washington usually plays well in Beijing. Each US government shutdown resulting from a budget fight is another example of the folly of American-style democracy.
Realising that testimony given by Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, was coming across as credible, Kavanaugh gave the performance of a lifetime in the form of a wailing cri de coeur, and Republicans then turned the hearing into a searing display of righteous indignation.
The proceedings were reflective of a Washington that is no longer able to abide by compromise or diplomacy. US President Donald Trump’s party has remained mostly loyal to the president’s war footing, both in domestic and foreign policy.
Watch: Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testify in US Senate hearing
