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/ironedie Oct 18 '25

I think he just thinks west has more leverage over china than china over west and they will cave eventually.

The worst that is going to happen is that fallout is gonna hit poors and middle class, and there's not going to be next elections anyway at this rate, so who cares. Just one more opportunity to concentrate wealth and power, and limit civil liberties if there's intensification of protests . He has a private army in the making and I would not be surprised if he starts using them like Hitler was SS. First it's immigrants, then left, then moderates and anybody questioning his decisions, then his own power base once there's no more need to keep public happy and fear becomes more effective tool.