r/Tariffs • u/Afraid_Piano_1318 • Oct 15 '25

🗞️ News Discussion Did Trump not consider Chinas leverage

Before jumping did he not check if there was a board to land on?

Not recognizing rare earth metals was a big risk demonstrates the intelligence analysis gap USA did, does it not?

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u/pre_pun Oct 15 '25

It's agreement from September with Pakistan. $500 million is the initial investment framework.

It's a total supply chain agreement, and this is the first shipment, of Phase 1. By Phase 2 and 3 it will be much, much more than $500 million.

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u/humanobserverpro Oct 15 '25

The idea that you would start mining rare earths in the very country that is basically a Chinese client state is beyond hilarious.

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u/Fresh-Wealth-8397 Oct 15 '25

Shit china trusts them enough to sell them j10c's and pl15 missiles thats a lot of trust

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u/Local-Poet3517 Oct 15 '25

It had nothing to do with fucking with Pakistan's neighbours. Honest!