作者通篇批评这种支持断裂的人（文里指的都是美国人）。最后也说了：

The lesson of this plague is not only that the United States must cooperate more deeply with China. It is also that the United States will be less able than in the past to dictate the terms on which that cooperation occurs. Trump, Cotton, and other hard decouplers may find these realities excruciating. But the more they resist them, the more Americans will die.

这场灾难的教训不仅在于美国必须与中国进行更深入的合作。 同样，与以往相比，美国将没有能力决定开展合作的条件。 特朗普，棉花和其他断裂者可能会发现这些现实令人难受。 但是他们越反抗他们，就会有更多的美国人死亡。