How did the US end up on the receiving end of the US-China trade war?

How did the US end up on the receiving end instead of China?

1. The US underestimated Zhong Shan. Zhong Shan is a hawkish hardliner and we've given a brief description of him in our previous post.

http://sg-stock.blogspot.com/2019/08/trump-is-in-trouble-because-china-is-no.html

2. The US didn’t understand the implicit message that was sent by China in Shanghai.

http://sg-stock.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-us-trade-talk-team-didnt-get.html

3. The US didn’t understand China economic structure.

http://sg-stock.blogspot.com/2019/07/china-retail-sales-vs-us-retail-sales.html

https://sg-stock.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-slowdown-in-chinas-imports-will.html

4. The US flip-flopped on many issues and created distrust in the trade talk.