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Americans Harbor Very Negative View Of Xi Jinping In New Poll
"Few Americans have confidence in Xi to do the right thing in world affairs, including nearly half who say they have no confidence at all in him," Pew said, in a new poll on China's global image released Wednesday.
Notably, nearly 40% of Americans view Xi's China as an "enemy," up 13 percentage points from a year ago. Just 6% see China as a partner.
As with everything, the survey results reflected America's partisan divide, or at least as it relates to characterizing China as an outright ant
The donald is a bigger threat than Xi. He still thinks these overlord types are really cool. What I get from this poll is Americans sense they are losing their grip on being the world’s go-to “boss.” Few want to see that as a reality because it reduces their sense of security (IMHO). We couldn’t beat the Viet Kong. We couldn’t win in Iraq — it’s still a mess. We couldn’t win in Afghanistan — the Taliban were in charge a week after we left. Leaving proved that to folks who don’t like Biden. Leaving all these places without a satisfying “win” would seem to indicate to many that we are no longer the world’s strong man. We’re not. Right now no one is. A physical confrontation with China is sheer lunacy. Sure they commit human rights violations, but so do we, every day. To deny that is to not care about those who are violated every day.