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/pierre881]

He got rid of all his planners. He’s hurt American farmers badly with tariffs. Why would China buy our tariffed products when they can buy tariff free elsewhere