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[–] [email protected] 94 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

If China stops exporting these to the US that should influence the trade deficit in the way Trump is looking for, right? Isn’t that what this was supposed to do according to Trump? So he should be happy about this, right? Because it’ll bring the manufacturing of the minerals home? /s

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Haven't you heard? China are already on the phone with Trump saying they are going to move the production of terbium to the US. Basically they'll use these very big drills to mine Chinese minerals right from Wyoming.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Cant take more than 2-3 months to move Terbium mining to Ohio.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

"Yep, that's how it works, I saw it in a cartoon once." - MAGA Scientific expert.

I mean Scientologist. That's the same thing, right?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean.. who knows what he wants, maybe he wants to crash the economy.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Yep, new us mines will open any day now. Any day

[–] [email protected] 68 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Bet the US is suddenly going to buy these minerals out of Russia. Bet one of Trump's children or in-laws indirectly owns a exporting company in Russia.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago

"But look at this picture of Hunter Biden's magnum dong. I mean, just look at it. Its so...magnum." - Margarine BattleToad Greene.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Also, China is going to give the finger to US companies and Trump and make even more counterfeit stuff.

Companies complaining about Chinese IP ain't seen nothing, yet.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wasn't respecting US patents also one of the parts of the US-Canada agreement as well which they now technically don't have to do anymore, as not having tariffs was one of the requirements?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I actually don't care about IP copying. I just wish China would publish what they copied.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago (1 children)

All this instability has me direly worried about what will happen if China invades Taiwan. Like, if we think it's bad now, an invasion of Taiwan would grind our systems to a halt.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Bro I'm just wondering if it will be a Kurdish style diplomatic capitulation or a Ukrainian style meatgrinder. The moral of the story is that if you're a US ally you get fucked. The question is simply how hard

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Greenland, Ukraine, Canada: all of Trump's actions make sense if you consider that he wants to secure rare earth minerals for... someone

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Trump & Putin are committed to DESTROYING the hated EU between a pincer of Putin + butchered-Eastern-Europe & Trump + butchered Canada & Greenland.

THEN they get to be the only "kings" ruling the remains of the West, until they die.

They're narcissist-nihilists, as all "mass shooters" are: they're just committing their "mass shooting" through legislations, & hitting entire populations with what they're firing, legislatively.

Pay attention to the fact that the woke EU is competing against both of them for world-significance AND doing-so with anti-Putin/Trump values.

Canada & Greenland stand in the way, that is all, except for the wealth that Trump would gain, through claiming it as his new-possession of the US.

Destroying the EU, though, that'd be "priceless" to them..

No more competitor!!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago

I despise the fucking CCP and PLA, but shoving this move up Krasnov's ass is a good one.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

I can't believe I'm saying this, but thankyou, CCP.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The era of Geoeconomics has begun.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

Good fuck everyone here

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Well, clean tech isn’t in the US list anymore, so don’t count it in.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

Pikachu O face

[–] ILikeBoobies 9 points 6 days ago (3 children)

It will be interesting to see if Canada allies with China

Much like how Vietnam was allied with the US because of the giant military on their doorstep

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This will only encourage him to go after Greenland even harder. He thinks they are the solution to having "rare earth."

Without China as a supplier, and thinking Greenland is the solution, it will justify an armed attack on Greenland in his empty cranium.

The base we maintain in Greenland has about 150 people. My prediction is that he will start sending troops to the base to build up a force, and start intimidating Greenland/Denmark.

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