[LordHumungous]

Most people are far more concerned about their livelihood than about abstract notions of beating China in a game of geopolitics. In that scenario the US becomes an isolated economy, and other nations likely follow suit. It will be a poorer, less dynamic world, but most people will choose that outcome over poverty.

[dist-epoch]

Where were those concerned people when they lost their jobs due to production moving to China?

Seems like what you are saying already failed in the past.