The very nature of Trump's political coalition—which includes corporate titans such as Elon Musk—seems likely to prevent him from taking a hard-line approach toward China, Michael Schuman writes.
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It might be coming but, not right now. I would not be surprised, if China makes concessions to Trump, that they will not follow through on, to buy US acquiesce.
The propaganda against China served his first administration but he has a whole new group of fish to fry. He targeted Canada and Mexico with trade and now Ukraine, Greenland and Panama.
He doesn't have a coalition, just sycophants.
Because he can't be reelected anymore, he really doesn't care.
It's up to Congress to figure out the path while the felon goes golfing.
trump 2.0 is trying to fix some 💩 trump 1.0 caused with his stupid trade war w/ china in 2018.
elon lost a price war against BYD and
that’s why he’s sticking by his side. he has to keep the ass🎩 in line because he constantly goes “off script.”
But if he takes Greenland then there's less reliance on China for the rare minerals that we need them for. And he/them (trump/musk) can make enormous $ from it.
Elon depends on China for his businesses. With Elon in the white house, this will give China a huge ability to influence the US, which makes Music one of the biggest national security risks there is.
It is Trump's best interest to have three Super Powers managing the affairs of the world with every other country clinging to the skirts of one of the three. That way he can take credit for the positives, cast blame on the negatives, and rake in money the whole time.
What percentage of products offered via Amazon are made in China? Amazon asked me to write reviews for new products in its marketplace-VINE. It's all crap from China, or at least 95% of the products I've reviewed have the Made in China label. Amazon's business model relies on cheap goods from China.
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Because he can't be reelected anymore, he really doesn't care.
It's up to Congress to figure out the path while the felon goes golfing.
elon lost a price war against BYD and
that’s why he’s sticking by his side. he has to keep the ass🎩 in line because he constantly goes “off script.”