Trump’s greatest gift to Xi: Making China America’s peer

The article argues that former President Trump's policies have elevated China's status as a peer to the U.S., potentially leaving allies and smaller nations to face the consequences of shifting global power dynamics.
U.S. allies have the most to lose. Major powers have repeatedly sought stability through exclusive understandings while middle powers and smaller states absorbed the consequences.
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