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Bobstandard

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3. Trumps tariffs make this more likely

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:24 AM

16 hrs ago

When we were Chinas biggest trading partner and we were their biggest market, they needed us. Trump’s tariffs have shown them that they don’t need us that much any more. It didn’t make economic sense to go to war with us even just a year ago. The calculus has changed. Trump has made us more strategically vulnerable than ever before.

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An unknown deterrent popsdenver 15 hrs ago #7

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Trumps tariffs make this more likely Bobstandard 16 hrs ago #3

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