Too skinny. Anorexic Trump is scarier than normal Trump.
They're going to fuck him up soon now.
It's like they say in Dr Strangelove: do you want problems with the Coca Cola Company?
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It's not even just a matter of businesses that depend on global trade.
The U.S. is a massive consumer of rare earth minerals to do much of anything in defense or energy. And China holds all the marbles. No amount of "onshoring" U.S. jobs will create necessary mineral deposits in the U.S. out of thin air.
China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/0...s-of-minerals-critical-for-defense-cleantech/
That's the biggest story of all, really. Normally in turbulent market conditions you see global money follow "safety". The targets for safety normally include things like gold but also U.S. Treasuries.
The difference this time is people are dumping U.S. treasuries, recognizing that the U.S is the source of chaos and not stability. That makes the U.S. T-bill rates rise to attract reluctant buyers. In effect raising interest rates and increasing the U.S.'s cost of borrowing on its massive national debt.
It also means Trump is accelerating global de-dollarization: the very thing that he threatened BRICS countries over.
https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/can-trump-halt-the-brics-de-dollarization-effort/
I will give credit where credit is due, and I am kinda reaching here. Trump is sowing unnecessary chaos by hitting the U.S. self-destruct button over his delusions of how economics work.
But I hate it when people fault politicians for "flip flopping". If something isn't working, everyone should be encouraged to change tactics and not be bound to a suicide pact.