• opi@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    I wonder what would happen if the world just kind of ignored him? Imagine that… Just do what China’s doing. No interaction. No deals, no negotiations. Just silent chuckling and finger pointing with whiskey’s in hand.

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      8 months ago

      Then things will soon get very tough, especially for ordinary US citizens and the socially disadvantaged in particular. Trump’s idiotic power games are largely at the expense of US citizens.

      This is already evident from the fact that his import tariffs are in principle nothing more than a massive VAT increase.

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        8 months ago

        It will be very tough. Hell, it already is. Maybe the american people will at some point finally do something about it? I personally don’t want anyone to go through any of this crap, but here we are. All self inflicted, too.

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    8 months ago

    Of course China is playing hardball, heck I wouldn’t be surprised if they want to keep the Trump tariffs in place. Through his tariffs, inconsistency and idiocy Trump’s drastically weakening the USA’s power around the globe. Why would they want that to stop?

    Sure China is losing money now, but they can see the end of the United States as a superpower on the horizon… and a world where China is the top superpower is worth a little pain now.

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      8 months ago

      There’s always a new way for China to make money. Global dominance through soft power projection? That’s priceless.