Both Trump and Xi are getting flak domestically over their handling of Covid-19, and neither are assured of another term, writes Ian Bremmer
Both Trump and Xi are getting flak domestically over their handling of Covid-19, and neither are assured of another termCardboard cutouts of US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping near a gift shop in Moscow, Russia, on March 23 2020. Picture: REUTERS/EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA
The virus has left Xi feeling the political heat like never before, in China and outside it. For the first time, there are rumors from Beijing that Xi isn’t assured a third term. But for Trump, most concerning of all is the devastation of the short-term US economy, which strength was supposed to be the linchpin of his re-election campaign. Trump is falling behind Joe Biden in critical battleground states, according to his campaign’s internal polling.
China is also in a better position to economically emerge quicker from the crisis given its reliance on surveillance and isolation techniques that don’t work nearly as well in democracies; China, in other words, is indispensable to the restart of the global economy. And at a time when more of the world is moving online, its imminent rollout of 5G only increases its geopolitical footprint.
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