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Africablack

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How it is going with MAGA 8d chess of using the trade war to coerce countries to decouple from Chyna

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Why would any sensible country give up their largest trading partner and leverage for only reduced tariffs, especially when the US can just turn around and tariff them anyway like they've done before? The people running the show in the US are arrogant morons and have an almost cartoonish view of how foreign policy works. I hate to sound like a broken record but if this foolishness doesn't spell the end of an empire then I don't know what does.
 
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Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon​

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News.

The price tag for the project was several thousand dollars, according to two of the sources, at a time when the administration is searching for cost-cutting measures.

"Changes and upgrades to the Pentagon Briefing Room are nothing new and routinely happen during changes in an administration," a Defense Department spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News.

The renovation that was initially planned was estimated to cost more than $40,000, but the ideas were scaled back, sources said.

After CBS News published its report, the defense secretary responded in a post on X, "Totally fake story. No 'orders' and no 'makeup.'"

Hegseth, before becoming defense secretary, was a morning show co-host on Fox News' "Fox & Friends Weekend." Since his nomination, he has vowed to emphasize improvements in the armed forces' warfighting abilities and military readiness.

An in-house construction crew renovated the adjacent green room earlier this year. The room previously had minimal furnishings — a table with chairs, a TV, photos of former defense secretaries and a mirror on the back of the door, one source said.

The table was removed and a new chair and large mirror with makeup lighting was installed, another source said.

Hegseth is doing his own makeup ahead of TV appearances, not paying for a makeup artist, a defense official told CBS News.

The suggestion for improving the space came from Tami Radabaugh, the deputy assistant to the secretary for strategic engagement and a former producer for Fox News and for CBS News, according to multiple sources. The chief Pentagon spokesman, Sean Parnell, and the defense secretary's wife, Jennifer Hegseth, also a former Fox producer, expressed their approval for the upgrade before it was undertaken, one of the sources said.

The Defense Department spokesperson said the green room will be available to senior leaders and VIPs prior to press engagements.

The new items, including a director's chair, came from existing inventories, the spokesperson said. A new countertop was constructed by facilities services staff.

"For this upgrade we were deliberately conservative and opted for several less expensive, on-hand materiel solutions," the spokesperson said.

Hegseth hasn't used the press room to brief reporters. But it has been a set for his TV appearances, including one with Fox this week in which he blamed the media and former Defense Department employees for the revelation that he sent sensitive details about military strikes in a Signal group chat that he created.

He did not deny news reports that he shared real-time operational information with family members before strikes in Yemen were carried out. He didn't explain why his wife, who is not a Defense Department employee, was in the text chat. That was the second Signal group with whom Hegseth shared planning details about the Houthi airstrikes, which took place in mid-March. The first Signal chat, a principals group which comprised top national security officials, was created by national security adviser Michael Waltz, and its existence was exposed by Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who was added to the group in error by Waltz.

Hegseth claims he did not disclose classified information in either of the chat groups. The Defense Department acting inspector general is reviewing his disclosures.

"We're focused on recruiting, on rooting out DEI, on securing our southwest border, on the president's agenda, and it's going very well at the Pentagon, and I'm proud of it," Hegseth said Tuesday on Fox.

The Pentagon restricted access to its briefing room on Feb. 21, barring reporters unless officials were speaking. Previously, press could use the room, one of the few places they could connect to Wi-Fi in the secure building, to file stories and to conduct on-camera reports.
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A makeup room-absolutely wonderful and in the spirit of cost-saving and government efficiency JD Vance and Hegseth can share in this lovely little safe space where the 2 "girls" can put on eyeliner/mascara and slather on the hair gel and have a drink or two before impotently threatening China.
 
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Phoenix TV: We’ve been hearing the U.S. say that China and the U.S. are having talks and even about to reach a deal. Can you confirm whether the two sides are in talks?

Guo Jiakun: None of that is true. For all I know, China and the U.S. are not having any consultation or negotiation on tariffs, still less reaching a deal.

This tariff war is launched by the U.S. China’s position is consistent and clear: We will fight, if fight we must. Our doors are open, if the U.S. wants to talk. Dialogue and negotiation must be based on equality, respect and mutual benefit.
 
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Phoenix TV: We’ve been hearing the U.S. say that China and the U.S. are having talks and even about to reach a deal. Can you confirm whether the two sides are in talks?

Guo Jiakun: None of that is true. For all I know, China and the U.S. are not having any consultation or negotiation on tariffs, still less reaching a deal.

This tariff war is launched by the U.S. China’s position is consistent and clear: We will fight, if fight we must. Our doors are open, if the U.S. wants to talk. Dialogue and negotiation must be based on equality, respect and mutual benefit.
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Yup, this is the first time that China has confirmed what we knew all along, which is that Trump made up the "lots of calls" he received from China.
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Trump’s trade war olive branch met with derision and mistrust inside China​

"Chinese officials also denied the two sides are speaking. Trump told reporters on Wednesday there were direct talks between US and Chinese officials “everyday” on trade, though he didn’t offer specifics.

“These are all fake news,” Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, said on Thursday when asked about the talks. “To my knowledge, China and the United States have not engaged in any consultations or negotiations on the tariff issue, let alone reached any agreement.”"
 
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Topazchen said:
A few weeks and they will start rioting

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1915248938753392642
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Breaking Points mentioned something similar to the tweet according to some former BOFA analyst that was on Bloomberg Podcast earlier today. So shortages and price hikes are coming to US shelves no matter what happens now.

you are going to see widespread disruption like you said even if you back off today with shortages in shelves price increases that will hit in the next two week two two-month period all of this is unavoidable even if there was a capitulation tomorrow

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