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Because "getting caught"'s only consequence is that you have to use a new method. There is no punishment, no negative cost to be applied retroactively to compare it to the received benefits. The net effect still is highly positive since while it worked you got what you wanted. Same as in every spy operation, ever.



I'm not sure about that - this could really bolster the MAGA crowed, and I can imagine calls in the near future for manufacturing to be moved to the US. I doubt much will actually move, but it's a possibility.


I think respect for the feelings of the MAGA crowd is not high in the PLA's list of concerns.

The Trump doctrine is largely built on fictions anyways, and the international community seems to have settled on "distraction" as the only worthwhile strategy for dealing with him.




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