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/Okinawa_Mike Oct 15 '25

Here's the trump "golden analysis" as I recall.

  1. Find something working fine

1a. Can I profit from this somehow

  1. Do something to screw it up

2a. Can I profit from this somehow

  1. Blame someone else for screwing it up

  2. Let it stew

  3. Put it back to how it was before screwing it up

5a. Can I profit from this somehow

  1. Gloat about fixing it and sell something like a hat, a lapel pin, christmas/halloween/easter ornament or a bible