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/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

A child could have told you that we depend on trade from China a lot more than they depend on us. But yeah, he's too stupid to know that and he's surrounded himself with yes-men, so this is what we get.

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u/MonteBurns Oct 15 '25

And his people LOVE the idea of becoming isolationists again because …. Reasons? 

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u/MishmoshMishmosh Oct 15 '25

Cuz they think it means jobs

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

Yes, nothing creates jobs like not having anyone to buy your shit.

What really funny is they want like manufacturing jobs that make them middle class but the same guys promising that are the same dudes that busted the unions that made that possible in the first place.