“Order? Somebody should tell Chairman Trump this isn’t the People’s Republic of America,” thundered an editorial in the Wall Street Journal on August 23. What prompted this diatribe was President Donald Trump's tweet "Our great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China, including bringing your companies HOME and making your products in the USA.” The WSJ, however, raised more questions about its motives than about the President's sentiment. It is clear what the Chief Executive wants to see happen to strengthen the United States against the rising power of the Republic of China (PRC). He wants the redeployment of economic capabilities to places where they will not be used against the U.S. and its allies. The massive transfer of capital and technology across the Pacific has crated an industrial power now claiming Great Power status. Historians looking back at this abnormal period of...(Read Full Article)