Synopsis of present day American economic dilemma
Deep State government dude - 'To succeed and make America great again we need a pre-2008 China who'd do all the heavy lifting for pennies and keep their mouths shut! Lets make a short list, there seems to be lots of countries that want to be the next China.'
Deep State minion - 'Yes sir, right away sir!'
Time passes
Deep State government dude - 'Minion how's that list coming along?'
Deep State minion - 'Sir there's a giant queue of countries that want to be the next China, but there's a tiny little problem'
Deep State government dude - 'Great, what little problem?'
Deep State minion - 'Well sir they all want to be 2020s China and not the pre-2008 China!'
Deep State government dude - 'Ingrates, tell them they can't, we won't let them!'
Deep State minion - 'I did, they smiled and said that's OK, China's just sent an email with the blueprints along so thanks but no thanks!'
Deep State government dude - 'Ridiculous, tell them the world bank and IMF won't fund it!'
Deep State minion - 'I did that too, but they said the BRICs bank and ADB have already offered lines of credit !'
Deep State government dude - 'What's going on here, get me the Chinese Ambassador!'
Time passes
Deep State government dude - 'Mr Ambassador, what the hell is your country doing?'
Ambassador - 'Its our new offering, "A shared future for all mankind", our marketing guys say the name needs more work but it seems to be going down rather well'
Deep State government dude - 'You need to stop, now!'
Ambassador - 'Its a bit late, Vietnam just came on board and even the Indians are considering it and you know how difficult those guys can be, anyway got a get together with LatAm guys now, see you later'
Deep State government dude - "MINION"