According to Keane, Xi has spent the last four years "adjusting" to that new normal. FLYNN-KISLYAK CALL TRANSCRIPTS RELEASED"And I think the Trump Administration has been trying to get their sea-legs straight during this time frame, as well," he said. "But now, President XI sees clear-eyed what it is: that his ambitions are going to be stifled if he doesn't come out and really take a stand, and that is what he is doing here. "It's in Hong Kong, which is the flashpoint in the front lines of this confrontation between the United States and China, to be sure. "I mean, [Xi] actually used that disease to spread it around the world because he thought it would destroy Western democracies' economies, and he's been able to accomplish that," Keane went on.

Source: Fox News May 30, 2020 00:56 UTC