
Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Leverage Over Xi Jinping EXPLAINED
From Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words
Published 5/18/2026

From Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words
Published 5/18/2026
The narrative that America is in terminal decline while China is an unstoppable juggernaut is a completely historically illiterate trope. Donald Trump has structural, economic, and geopolitical levers that Beijing simply cannot match if the administration chooses to enforce true parity. By…