Economy

You are obviously an intelligent, well informed person.

I am talking about geopolitics, the world autocracies beginning to seriously flex their muscles.
(Rachel Maddow is finally addressing this. Long overdue.)

China has been in Africa and SA for decades, not out of the goodness of their hearts.
It is about harvesting the world's resources so they can have power over the rest of the world.
Just like Putin has done with oil. If they have enough resources and money spread around the world,
they call the shots.)

It is also about gaining allies.

China and Russia hope to be 21st century superpowers. They are strong allies.
Russia takes Ukraine, China takes Taiwan.
Because to be a superpower you must have regional control first.

Putin has greatly weakened the western democracies by installing puppets everywhere.
Including one Donald J. Trump who did quite a bit of work for him while in office.
Trump was also fond of North Korea, which is basically a Chinese colony.
And Trump had undisclosed financial deals going with China.

It is 100% certain that Trump never worked for the US, or the American people.
He worked for himself and his minders.

When you are trying to figure out what is really happening in life, connect dots.
Ask "who benefits."