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I still think it’s possible Trump may ramp up to a war with China. Otherwise agree that China can outplay the US in terms of trade, but Trump is also the guy who almost brought the US to war with Iran and will need an excuse or rationalization for suspension of term limits and protracted war with a powerful enemy may become his pretext. He’s not necessarily peaceful.
Hopefully he does deescalate with Russia in Ukraine though.
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I think Trump is trying to surrender America to China
Based Comrade Trump?
That would be really funny, but not sure how true that is. Isn’t TikTok not even Chinese? I thought that was just a Right-wing talking point. And Musk benefits the most from Chinese EVs being blocked, although I hope they do lift that.
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But why on earth would China give Tesla preferential treatment when their own Chinese EVs were banned in the US market to benefit Tesla?
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TikTok Ltd is based in Singapore and owned by ByteDance Ltd which is incorporated in the Cayman Islands but headquartered in Beijing. The US version of TikTok is maintained by USDS which is based in Texas. So I believe the CPC has members of the ByteDance board and can make changes from the top down, but it’s not technically a Chinese company.
I’m cautiously optimistic that may be the case as well. It’s also worth noting that it’s not just Elon that would be invested in this, but also many large tech corps like Apple and Nvidia. Their business model is entirely dependent on China, and these companies are load bearing pillars of the current US economy. If they crash then the US economy will start to unravel.
Honestly I’m not convinced. The anti-China brainworms ramped up considerably in his last term, more so than usual. Under Biden it’s become even worse. Trump needs an external enemy and China has been his target for a while.
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The US couldn’t win against Afghanistan, couldn’t win against Iraq, can’t win against Yemen, took over a decade to win against a Syria that was already divided and had all its oil fields occupied.
A war with China would see half its aircraft carriers in the sea floor in a matter of weeks. The US can’t even resupply its missiles or repair its fucking F35s with that shit show in Palestine, China can ramp up production of weaponry quick.
I never said the US would win in a hot, non-nuclear war. I also don’t want to attribute more rational thought to the US than necessary considering that they continue to enter into conflicts that they either have no chance of winning or end up losing.
As I said, I think Trump may have ulterior reasons to do it.
Oh, for sure. I don’t think the prospect of war is less likely just because the US stands to lose, empire in decay and all.
Trump understands little but he understands treats. He knows not to shut off the treat supply. War with China will be a project of his putrid offspring
Competently run state not afraid of incompetent, senile, hostile idiot. More at 11.