MWEG Member Op-Ed :: “Can the Democrats Avoid Trump’s China Trap?”

“Before the pandemic, before the Great Recession, before proliferating hurricanes and fires, the United States began a global war on terrorism. Its leaders fixated on a shadowy enemy abroad as life at home crumbled for millions of Americans. The war on terrorism did not end terrorism; the war itself became endless. What it did shatter was the myth that a triumphant United States could bend the world to its will.”

Click here to read the New York Times op-ed where MWEG member Rachel Esplin Odell decries the folly of turning this pandemic crisis into a geopolitical struggle that will further drain America’s resources and endanger our security.

“Can the Democrats Avoid Trump’s China Trap” • May 10, 2020 • New York Times