Speaking of America being a laughingstock: China readying for total war, America laser-focused on pronouns and wood-fired pizza ovens -

 Eric Utter; American Thinker

. . ."This can’t end well for us.

"The COVID-19 virus wreaked havoc on us physically. Broke society in some respects. The subsequent pandemic, though not officially recognized as one, is characterized by mass ignorance, naiveté, hypocrisy, and delusion. Social distancing won’t help. Mask and vaccine mandates won’t work. In fact, these would be today, as they were then, the exact opposite of the right things to do.

"If the West is to long survive, it must return to its founding principles. This is why “progressives” incessantly denigrate them.

"Americans, in particular, must reacquaint themselves with the idea of limited government of, by, and for the people, equal treatment under the law…and especially the reality/primacy of natural rights. Read the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights.

"We don’t need to militarize our young children. But we don’t need to sexualize them or lop off their body parts, either.

"Tyranny, whether at the hands of the CCP-- or the Democrat party in America—must always be defeated."

What Was Janet Yellen Doing Bowing in China? (townhall.com)

WATCH: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen — in an embarrassing “diplomatic faux pas” — repeatedly bows to Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Beijing pic.twitter.com/iYcA7Jmuz6

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 9, 2023

. . ." The move wasn't just embarrassing because He didn't reciprocate. The New York Post included in their coverage comments from experts who know better.

" 'Never, ever, ever," Bradley Blakeman, a senior staffer in George W. Bush’s White House, told the outlet. "An American official does not bow. It looks like she’s been summoned to the principal’s office, and that’s exactly the optics the Chinese love," he added.

" 'The way to treat an adversary is, you don’t go hat in hand," Blakeman is later quoted as saying. "But with this administration, time and time again, we embarrass ourselves and show weakness. And it just shows the lack of effective leverage we have."

"Bowing is not part of the accepted protocol," Jerome A. Cohen, an emeritus professor at NYU and expert in Chinese law and government, also shared." . . .

She learned American shame from the very best: