“China is going to eat our lunch? Come on, man.”... “They can’t figure out how they’re going to deal with the corruption that exists within the system” ... “I mean, you know, they’re not bad folks, folks. But guess what? They’re not competition for us.”拜登认为美国并不应该担心中国是其地缘政治威胁。拜登称,“中国会吃掉我们的午餐吗?得了吧!兄弟们!…我的意思是,他们不是坏人,朋友们,他们不是我们的竞争对手。”
总而言之,除非贸易战导致美国整体经济放缓,并严重改变了选民的即得利益,否则特朗普在2020年的主要竞选威胁,将来自与城市和郊区选民对他试图取消“平价医疗法案”(Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,或者Obamacare)感到愤怒,而不是来自遭受贸易战的农民。