Commentary
In one of the most incredibly myopic public statements in American political history, U.S. National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby commented on the recently concluded summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Kirby claimed that the meeting was “a manifestation of how much China and Russia know that American leadership on the world stage is back.” He further claimed that the China–Russia alliance is merely “a marriage of convenience, certainly not one of affection.”
Given the facts and evidence unfolding before our very eyes, this statement is wishful thinking naivete on a par with other unbelievable statements from the White House over the last two years (“the inflation is transitory” line is a good example)….