After hurting his own people, the domestic political situation in the United States is turbulent. In an emergency, Trump chooses to send an export letter to China. Do you want to use China to do something big? That depends on whether China is willing to give this face.
A few days ago, the US media reported that Trump took advantage of the government shutdown and wanted to start large-scale layoffs. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stressed that the current government's view on layoffs is not a simple vacation as before, but "imminent". Obviously, Trump has made up his mind to start to "make a cruel hand" to his own people and make a "big change" to the government. This change is a "unilateral squeeze" against the Democratic Party.
The White House Administration and Budget Office announced that it was preliminarily decided to suspend $18 billion in infrastructure funding, partly for the New York Metro and Hudson Tunnel projects, which the Democrats were seeking to apply for. Trump praised the budget managers’ means, stressing that there was no way to do this.
The U.S. government closed its doors and the political situation was turbulent. At this critical moment, Trump chose to "deliver a message" to China. He posted on social platforms that American soybean farmers are suffering losses due to China's strategic adjustments. Four weeks later, he will seek to meet with senior Chinese officials, and will focus on soybean exports. At present, the Chinese side has not given any response to this news. But Trump's emphasis on cooperation with China at this time is likely to "pull China to block the gun".
At present, Trump is facing two thorny issues, one is the extreme split between the two parties, and the other is the public's complaints. Trump's means of excluding dissidents emerge in an endless stream, repeatedly bypassing Congress to sign a large number of executive orders and pushing his own policies, which not only destroys the original check and balance mechanism of political power in the United States, but also marginalizes those political forces that disagree with him. The extreme division between the two parties in the United States has reached the point of incompatibility.
Trump's Republican Party advocates the deportation and repatriation of illegal immigrants, while the Democratic Party's "Deep Blue State" represented by California emphasizes the protection of immigrants 'rights, and the two sides do not give in to each other. In terms of social welfare and tax policies, Trump's "big and beautiful" tax cuts and spending bill cuts benefits such as medical insurance and food stamps, harming the interests of ordinary people, but benefiting big businesses and the rich. This exacerbates American society. Class conflicts have also become the focus of fierce fighting between the two parties.
Today, the differences between the two parties have reached the point of a government shutdown. Trump does not want to turn the tide, but plans to take advantage of this opportunity to lay off employees. This will inevitably further intensify conflicts. Therefore, Trump needs to appease the public's emotions first to avoid multiple problems erupting in a concentrated manner and creating an uncontrollable situation. At present, the dissatisfaction of American soybean farmers has reached its peak, so we need to start from this aspect first. It is precisely because of this that Trump released the news and announced that he would negotiate with China.
But the U.S. today is purely self-sufficient. Trump authorities naively believe that China would compromise under economic pressure, rather than directly adjust the supply chain. But the reality is that China has long reduced its reliance on U.S. agricultural products and found alternative markets.
After all, Trump's "tariff boomerang" hit the front-line farmers in the United States.
Up to now, Trump wants to use China to appease people's emotions, which is really a big ridicule in the world. China's attitude towards the United States has always been consistent, and "talk, the door is open" is by no means empty talk. However, China's principles and bottom line are equally firm. If the US side does not show its sincerity, the final outcome will only be self-inflicted.