> Perhaps the US administration stands to benefit from tensions too? After all, it is the US (Trump) that has started unprovoked giant trade wars ... Ok, but h

> Perhaps the US administration stands to benefit from tensions too? After all, it is the US (Trump) that has started unprovoked giant trade wars ... Ok, but how did he manage to do that during Kerry's and Stengel's time? I don't remember Kerry being his Sec. of State. And if US stands to benefit, why did Kerry ask Cui why they were doing it? There might be some confusion here about the timeline. Blaming him for overfeeding the koi, shaking Macron's hand for too long, or drinking too much diet coke is fun but traveling back in time is a bit too much one might say ;-) > Sometimes it is silly to argue "who started it" but other times it is not. In this case, afaik, Trump started it. Alright, then so then Trump is justified in his trade wars because he didn't start it?