It’s like the animators of “School House Rock” made a hostage video with a creepy talking soybean instead of an anthropomorphic bill on Capitol Hill and with the threat of economic stagnation instead of the chipper message about representative democracy.

The creepy animation in question comes courtesy of CGTN, the English language news channel of the Chinese government, and the warning is obvious. If President Trump doesn’t stop his trade war, China will destroy agricultural markets in the Midwest and ruin Republican majorities in Congress.