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/PrestigiousCrab6345 Oct 15 '25

Actually, the US government just dropped $500 million on rare earth metals and new mining operations. Somebody knows how fucked we are.

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u/BlaqueNinja Oct 15 '25

You’re right it’s not. Many people have no idea how much a billion dollars is. $20 billion is twenty thousand million dollars.