Amid stern words from both sides (China over Huawei, US over "hard deadlines" and "predatory behavior"), US futures have tumbled at the open, back below Thursday's pre-panic-bid lows...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-09/us-futures-dive-open-take-out-thursdays-lows

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.