So strange to be downvoted for asking a question, where a generous reading would be that I was genuinely asking it. I think the aggressive stance of China coin

So strange to be downvoted for asking a question, where a generous reading would be that I was genuinely asking it. I think the aggressive stance of China coincides with the election of Xi Jinping in 2013, seven years ago. Trump has been in power for 3.5 years, so that's half of this time period. So it certainly _could_ be something to do with Trump. My question was whether if would have been _such_ a failure. It seems to me that both Trump and Xi Jinping have benefitted from the trade wars and diplomatic arguments between the countries. There seems little doubt that the Trump administration has given Xi Jinping a window of opportunity where he has been able to consolidate power and conduct aggressive foreign policy... so I genuinely wonder: how important has Trump's disastrous leadership been in the failure of this policy?