Would make sense. Optics wise that is probably the only play at the moment.
Politics is a dirty game and for anyone to think it's in the US' interest to flat out ignore China is willfully ignorant. Barely a peep when our politicians meet with most of the other country's leaders. I mean hell Trump being a meek little boy for Putin and Kim Jong Un was apparently a-ok to a certain group. In the Grand scheme of things it's not Russia and North Korea we have to worry about as much imho.
The last thing we need is another Cold War or worse. If we don't keep a China at arm's length, there will be plenty of suitors who are happy to go behind American backs to cozy up to them instead. And clearly some of that is already happening. Donnie actually knows this because otherwise he wouldn't have so many deep rooted business ties to the place. Again.. hypocrisy.