General Discussion

(Upon re-reading my post, I don't know how to make it sound less vitriolic. I have no animosity towards you, OP. I'm certain that you want the best for humanity as do all of us here at DU (except for the occasional troll that MIRT is so effective at weeding out.))

There are plenty of US citizens who detest trump. None of us have been effective at preventing his onslaught.

And you express concern at China belittling him? You want China to "respect his authoritah"?

Which analogy works best? The Emperor's New Clothes? China would be the one pointing out that the emperor has no clothes. Would you rather China pretend the king has clothes and afford him the dignity of his title rather than his actions?

In my opinion, the focus should be on why so many citizens voted for an obvious piece of shit. You might think those voters are redeemable. I don't know. I hope they can learn. USA is not over yet, but, it absolutely will be if voters choose racism, bigotry, and greed over a working society.

My non sequitur response is to quote Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Well, I can't direct quote him because I don't speak German. But these two thoughts are attributed to him:

"Upon closer observation, it becomes apparent that every strong upsurge of power in the public sphere, be it of a political or a religious nature, infects a large part of humankind with stupidity. … The power of the one needs the stupidity of the other. The process at work here is not that particular human capacities, for instance, the intellect, suddenly atrophy or fail. Instead, it seems that under the overwhelming impact of rising power, humans are deprived of their inner independence and, more or less consciously, give up establishing an autonomous position toward the emerging circumstances. The fact that the stupid person is often stubborn must not blind us to the fact that he is not independent. In conversation with him, one virtually feels that one is dealing not at all with him as a person, but with slogans, catchwords, and the like that have taken possession of him. He is under a spell, blinded, misused, and abused in his very being. Having thus become a mindless tool, the stupid person will also be capable of any evil and at the same time incapable of seeing that it is evil. This is where the danger of diabolical misuse lurks, for it is this that can once and for all destroy human beings."

also:

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. . ."

I'm not a fan of "only my tribe can call out the stupid in my tribe".