You can have a very low view of the Chinese Communist Party while being many things that Trump isn't, like a fierce advocate for liberal democracy and human rights and the rule of law.
you saying this is short sighted and distracts from real issues such as genocide and massive human rights violations happening around the world right now.
Yes, Pulumi does mutate resources in place, if the cloud provider supports it. For most resources, it will create a new one (such as a new ECS task), and wait for it to be ready before deleting the old one.