America needs to get its allies on board in a bid to decouple from China, according to retired U.S. Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding.
“We need to tell them [U.S. allies], give them an ultimatum: ‘You can have an economic relationship with China, you can have a security relationship with us, [but] you’re not going to have both anymore,’” Spalding told “Fresh Look America” program on NTD, a sister media outlet of The Epoch Times, at the National Conservatism Conference in Miami, Florida on Sept. 11.
With this move, the United States may lose some allies, he noted.
“But [it is] much better for us to find out who our friends are and make sure that collectively—rather than sending our technology, talent, and capital into China to grow their economy and their military might—we’re growing on our own,” Spalding said….