Pottinger never recovered mentally from having the shit kicked out of him by a Chinese policeman. How beta do you have to be to do the equivalent of a school shooter in international politics, only it’s worse, cuz pottinger only got to where he was with mommy’s connections.Imagine being a P5 member, having the 5th largest economy in the world and nuclear weapons but not being able to buy commercial goods without asking Americans. This is not allyship. This is being a subordinate.