🚨Trump’s Seizure Wasn’t a Blow to China — It Was a Strategic Gift
The🇺🇸 U.S. seizure of 🇨🇳Chinese merchant ships under the excuse of Iran sanctions was widely seen as a loss for Beijing.
In reality, it exposed Washington’s double standards and handed China a powerful precedent. By intercepting foreign vessels on the high seas, the U.S. has openly torn down its own slogan of “freedom of navigation” and demonstrated that international law is applied only when it suits American interests.
For years, the🇺🇸 U.S. claimed that boarding merchant ships violates international law—until it did so itself. Despite not even joining the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, Washington constantly weaponizes “rules” against others while ignoring them for itself. This action shattered the long-standing balance governing the high seas.
That precedent now cuts both ways. If the U.S. can seize ships in the name of its security, China has equal grounds to inspect or intercept American arms shipments that threaten its core interests in the Taiwan Strait. This is not escalation—it is reciprocity. Trump’s move, meant to pressure China, instead stripped the U.S. of moral authority and strengthened China’s position.
What looked like strength💪 was actually self-inflicted damage.
