By clinging to American primacy through force and intimidation, Donald Trump is, ironically, undermining US global power. A saboteur trying to subvert US interests from the inside could hardly do better than what he’s accomplished through sheer incompetence.
That’s already the case
https://theconversation.com/china-now-publishes-more-high-quality-science-than-any-other-nation-should-the-us-be-worried-192080
And that’s scary because the standard for scientific publishing in China was mostly shit. I haven’t kept up, but I hope they’ve cleaned up their act. No hate on China, but their actions were speaking volumes not too long ago.
I would’ve guessed that but didn’t know it. Thanks for the clarification.