Pretty much. My understanding of current US realpolitiks is that leadership finally realized that they can't really do much about Chinese superiority in every s

Pretty much. My understanding of current US realpolitiks is that leadership finally realized that they can't really do much about Chinese superiority in every single competing industry, and all these unwelcoming outcomes are just freak outs and bunch of "hail mary"s with the hopes it can somehow reverse something. It's just not acceptable from an American PoV to not perceived as "best and strongest", so everyone is having a hard time coping with it. Japan kinda went through the same problem in 80s/90s, but from a different angle. The problem is, US can't pull the same on China as it did with Japan.