Letter: Reverse our decline

While Trump admired Xi, as he did for Putin and Kim, Xi warned him the declining USA must yield Taiwan to his rising PRC to avoid the Thucydides trap. We declining? Consider the facts: Nixon led Carter to dump the ROC (Taiwan) to recognize the PRC, then American capital and technology rushed into the PRC under Bush Sr. and Clinton to satisfy the American consumers’ thirst for “affordable” goods. The American producers and consumers’ pursuit for wealth (mammon in Matt. 6:24) made Americans dependent on China, while the CCP managed the American investments and the hardworking Chinese to make the PRC the second superpower. Meanwhile, enough Americans voted for a dictator-admirer with his loyalists controlling the Congress and Supreme Court. So, our Constitution and laws are trashed, and illegal arrests, brutal wars and world economic crisis began, thus killing our aspiration for building a more livable world for all. Fellow Americans, be brave to vote for humane and pro-democracy candidates in November to reverse our decline!