> Even the most cynical of us didn't think he'd lose. Perhaps a few within the US bubble thought that. From the outside the asymmetry was pretty clear, the b

> Even the most cynical of us didn't think he'd lose. Perhaps a few within the US bubble thought that. From the outside the asymmetry was pretty clear, the bulk of global manufacturing takes place within China, the bulk of mining and processing of technological vital inputs was under a Chinese umbrella, and the time to rebuild manufacturing and supply pipelines was on the order of a decade plus. The US is a customer in a world full of customers and potential trade partners, China has found other customers, trade partners have been forced to develop trade outside of former US trade agreements. It would have taken a long term careful plan to bring back manufacturing, trade dominance and critical supply chains to the US, doable but not exactly Trump's forte.