Election strategy. Every candidate wannabe in the GOP are dying to outdo the others on who's the bigger China-hawk. Trump differentiates himself from the herd by speaking to a more sober view of China. At the same time, nobody can argue he wasn't "tough" with China during his term.Can anyone explain why the hell Trump is saying something like that? Doesn't he understand it will hurt him?
This way, Trump stays politically flexible and receives votes from both moderates and extremists.



