"The 'West's' political economies are spent forces, incapable of either keeping up with China's phenomenal domestic growth or of competing with China in what used to be called the Third World."Donald Trump last week trotted out his war dog, National Security Advisor John Bolton, to growl and snarl over China's attempts to "gain a competitive advantage" in Africa through "predatory" practices that supposed include "bribes, opaque agreements, and the strategic use of debt to hold states in Africa captive" to Beijing's global schemes.
Bolton gave his speech at the right-wing Heritage Foundation, a place that specializes in crafting social policies that appeal to white supremacist majorities within the U.S. domestic order. He could be confident that the Heritage audience knows little about the actual state of the world, holds facts in low regard, and gives less than a damn about Africa. There was no need for Bolton, the man with the comic mustache, to make sense with this crowd, so he didn't even try.
Comment: 'Elitist' might have been a better term to use than the ideologically-tainted 'white supremacist' stated above.
Comment: Too bad the author's otherwise good analysis gets so mired in the language of biased hating on Trump.
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