Special Edition: Steve Hsu on China, Tech, and Trumpism 2.0
Trumpism 2.0 offers both danger and opportunity.
Trumpism 1.0 was built around being tough with China.
And while that is no longer a rhetorical priority for the big man, much of what was started in 2016 has since become the accepted wisdom in DC.
Today, Trumpism 2.0 is as much about American competitiveness – in an international market that has slipped further away from its hegemon across the last eight years.
It’s about deregulation, DOGE, and developing strategic dominance in the emerging fields of AI, weapons tech, and genetics.
We’re in for four years of great power competition with China…
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