re: Trump doing to China what Reagan did to the USSR?

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Russia was easier bc we simply out-spent them in the arms race; that's why the old USSR collapsed. We can't simply out-spend China; Trump has been a genius so far.

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Actually, more succinctly, Russia went down because they overreached. "The USSR" was composed of a number of satellite states that had become very difficult for mother Russia to control and finance.

Yes, we outspent them and Ronnie made it clear that he was going to do that with his Star Wars edict, but the USSR was already teetering thanks to Lech Walesa and the Polish labor unions quite honestly, Also, we had a strong Polish Pope at the time in John Paul II .... I loved that man.

"Tear Down This Wall" was the catch phrase of the time and it spread but those were all very unique circumstances.

All Trump needs is a catchphrase and then he needs to support Hong Cong and hope for a further democratic uprising from within China .... which we may be seeing from Chinese labor if this article is correct.

Also, if Tibet were to find an way to break away it might be the final straw to Xi's back. Now, whether that would mean they would poison Xi and replace him with a hardliner, who knows.