Not only did I not make excuses for them but I agreed with you in that it's a bad deal. I'm not sure you need to remind anyone that Israel is killing Palestinian people in a thread about Israel killing Palestinian people.
I was just saying that the current administration is behaving differently than the previous ones, albeit not by much.
Hate to spoil the fun but as of this year Ma is still heading Alibaba and is worth over $30bn USD.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/10/alibaba-founder-jack-ma-re-emerges-with-praise-of-transformations.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ma