1) .China can live without what they get from us,
while we can't live without what we get from them, like rare earths.
2) President Xi can survive any political backlash from pain inflicted on the Chinese,
but Trump can't survive inflicting great pain on US consumers and businesses.
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Is Trump sacrificing infrastructure to his anti-DEI obsession?
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/10/2337100/-Is-Trump-sacrificing-infrastructure-to-his-anti-DEI-obsession?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=main
Bondi fires 20 DOJ employees from Jan. 6, Trump documents cases (Marc Caputo/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/12/pam-bondi-fires-justice-employees-jan6-documents-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/250712/p25#a250712p25
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Trump's contempt for the law further played out in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday,
where Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly defied Senate Democrats’ attempts to ask her basic questions about the operations of her office.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politic…
The Era of Step-on-a-Rake Capitalism (Derek Thompson/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/trump-economic-pain-strategy/684166/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pAES1_Y-UE1lw7FKTSDxBrg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250911/p131#a250911p131
Australia Reportedly Plans to Recognize a Palestinian State | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/australia-reportedly-plans-to-recognize-a-palestinian-state
"Gold futures in New York declined as traders awaited clarification from the White House over its tariff policy, after a US government agency stunned the market last week by formally ruling that 100-ounce and one-kilogram bullion bars would be subject to duties."
US Gold Futures Slip as Traders Await Clarification on Tariffs | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/us-gold-futures-slip-as-traders-await-clarification-on-tariffs