China again the bogeyman for Pompeo

In his wanton attack on China in a speech at Rice University in Houston on Friday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo once again spouted a farrago of clich��d, unfounded reproaches against Beijing, offering his listeners no fresh food for thought.

Considering farmers in the Midwest are angry at the US administration for being selected as the sacrifice in the unwarranted trade war it has launched against China, it is evident why Pompeo was rolled out to do his stale China-bashing act.

He has reiterated his accusations so many times, he can now deliver them to order without a teleprompter. And he seems happy to play the role of the administration's jester, hamming it up and working his audience like a true thespian treading the boards.