Grading and politics

[eriehiker]

I didn't like Trump although I agreed with most of his policy decisions.  He was/is 100% right on China, who will be the downfall of our democracy if we allow it.

I also think Biden will be a TERRIBLE president, and have no hope that he will stand up to the crazies on the far left, or teacher's unions, or for middle America (he's already backtracked on following "the science" which said schools were safe for kids to go back to, and just look at the Keystone Pipeline).  I also don't think he's a treat personally - I believe that he enriched himself and his family through his scummy son.  Not that all politicians don't do the same - they don't go in with a little money and come out millionaires for nothing. But I have a hard time believing that someone who has been in the senate/politics for SO many years is a "sweet" person.  I think he's probably as cut-throat as the next guy.  And was willing to give up any principle he may have held in order to become president.

I kind of think that China is almost a consensus position right now.  The lack of transparency in that government is a big reason we have a worldwide pandemic right now.  There was a recent Frontline episode on PBS that set out the whole thing.  They embargoed the genetic blueprint for Covid until it spread wildly out of the country.  I actually don't think that there is going to be much difference between the Trump and Biden policies on China.  The only thing that I would say is that Trump had a pretty unpredictable quality in terms of military force placement.  For example, he sent a cruiser off the coast of the Cape Verde Islands as a show of force related to a prisoner held in the islands.  I feel that we really need to be efficient in our use of force because we need to maximize pressure against China.  We also need to be consistent because it is kind of a Cold War scenario with China and both sides need to be clear and consistent with each other to avoid mistakes.