@9dashline bro the infectious point had pass its crescendo after Trump left office in 2021, under Brandon with its domestic, foreign and economic policy in tatters, it had its hand full, even IF Trump return in 2025, his option is so limited that his only recourse is do a Nixon and recalibrate its China policy.
My reasoning, by 2025
1) China economy will be at least 90% of US GDP , 120% in PPP term
2) Chinese navy will be at least 70% of the total US navy, US deployment in the pacific the Chinese has reach parity in both quantity and quality.
3) China will have address its weakness in Semis, IC and Aircraft engine thus nullifying the US stranglehold.
4) BRI and the Russian Eurasian Economic Union will morph into one single entity, making the region the next economic frontier, without the US and the EU in the mix.
5) SCO will become the next EU economically, while the CSTO will become its arm component.
6) With Trump returning as President with his America first policy, its Alliance system will fracture and may see the dissolution of NATO. Right now the fissures is visible and is getting larger as US foreign Policy is a mess.