[robot_jackie]

Oh good, someone who's sane! This is a great comment.

Only thing I'd quibble is the free market part -- US wants free market when US firms dominate (and will make a moral claim about it), but when US firms are losing (to Huawei on phones and routers; Tiktok on social media; BYD on electric cars), the US pivots to fiercely protectionist. Free market is no longer a "human right", "moral obligation", "essential for democracy and freedom" etc.