China launches drills in angry response to #Taiwan vice president's trip to US | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-says-military-held-naval-air-combat-readiness-patrol-around-taiwan-2023-08-19/
It wasn't even a "trip to US", that wasn't his destination...
Have you ever watched one of those films where a psychopath is threatening to kill innocent people, but "absolves" himself of any responsibility by telling another innocent person who's only fault was to not act as the psychopath expected: "This is all your fault! Their blood is on your hands!"
Yeah, I've seen a few...