It would be naive to think we aren’t conducting large-scale espionage against China. We absolutely are, and against every other country on Earth. And so is every other country, to whatever limits they can.

However, in the name of diplomacy, we (all) pretend that we’re upstanding, trustworthy people. That we can be trusted to further each other’s goals and good fortunes. And sometimes our goals are even aligned, and a partnership really does benefit everyone involved. But it’s all an act.

It’s still a bad move on his part, and makes him look bad, but it’s not revealing anything we didn’t already know.

“We did just arrest three or four Chinese nationals who tried to bring a pathogen into the country that gets people sick and destroys food supply.”

An actual quote from this interview.

Was the pathogen just RFK Jr?