Jonathan Cheng(@JChengWSJ):“Realization is growing across the world that the Trump administration…has spent blood, bombs, money, and years of diplomacy on a war it did not need to fight and handed the strategic windfall to a country that never fired a single shot: China.”

Jonathan Cheng

@JChengWSJ

China bureau chief @WSJ. Formerly of Korea, New York, Hong Kong bureaus. Author of KOREAN MESSIAH (Alfred A. Knopf), out now.

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Jonathan Cheng@JChengWSJ

2026.06.27 01:01

“Realization is growing across the world that the Trump administration…has spent blood, bombs, money, and years of diplomacy on a war it did not need to fight and handed the strategic windfall to a country that never fired a single shot: China.”