re: China, Trump, and Unrestricted Warfare

They are wrong...
In our earlier incarnations, warfare leaders were already using the DIME...
More recently military has been proliferating these concepts to the lower ranks...
Military recognizes Diplomatic (includibg law), Intel (all spectrums incl cyber), Military (force) and Economic powers are exercised at the will of the POTUS...

Look at Stuxnet...which got Cartwright hemmed up. Nonetheless, it was outside the box.
We also concentrate on geopolitical positioning to pressure adversaries...
Lots of layers, it's not as prescribed in some movies like War Machine...