> TPP started in 2010, involved too many countries, and needed to be ratified by all in 2018 to go into effect.

When the USA withdrew from TPP the other members renamed it and went ahead and ratified it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_and_Progressiv...

And took out the worst parts that we put in that Trump/Bernie and eventually Clinton railed against.

And at what cost to the citizens? Will this action be the spark for war in the future?

US has no reason to attack China.

If China attacks US because US stopped giving China money, well, they should stop giving sooner rather than later