Not the Fox

Dan Bolz made a comment this evening that caught my attention: "In China, Donald Trump has found an enemy as wily as he is". To put Xi Jin-Ping and Trump on the same level seems ludicrously over-generous. China's political system is somewhat meritocratic, at least for those the toe the party line and dogma. Xi is  a meticulous, thoroughly informed  strategic thinker. Trump, in contrast, has a 5 minute attention span, contemptuously ignores knowledge that would help him navigate complex issue.  He is a showman, a third rate TV personality, who had the chutzpah to leverage white resentment to put him into a job for which, as he demonstrates an an hourly basis, he is completely unqualified. Trump an Xi aren't equals; and Xi I'm sure would find the comparison irritating and demeaning.