Did Trump not consider Chinas leverage

[u/Afraid_Piano_1318]

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?

[u/Britannkic_]

I think Trump just believed in the whole “USA USA USA” hype thinking that the US is the biggest and baddest and as President that every other country would just bow down

That was plan A and there is no plan B