Trump 2.0 official thread

[iewgnem]

Because they are trying to portrait PRC as an inferior version of the Soviet Union - MSS a copycat of the KGB, Xi a Stalin wannabe, PLA the Red Army made up of peasants, etc.

This is very much an instance where you should apply Halons Razor: there is no elaborate motive, Americans really are just retarded

 

[Wrought]

Few things are more amusing than hawks realizing Trump is not their man.

In private letters and careful public statements, Republicans are urging the administration to cleave the world’s two superpowers apart — further separating their markets, protecting and accelerating critical industries like artificial intelligence, and deepening military support for Taiwan. But the months-long lobbying effort has largely failed to sway the president, who has argued that the United States and China could solve all the world’s problems if they could just get along.

Republicans spent years saying the Biden administration was too soft on Beijing, arguing the Democrats were “managing” the competition rather than trying to “win” it. But some on the right are now increasingly anxious as Trump appears willing to back away from his tough talk on Beijing.

“If Kamala Harris had won and not enforced the TikTok ban, they would have been really upset about that,” said Michael Sobolik, a former Senate aide who now works at the conservative Hudson Institute.

“I would urge more members to not be so timid and intimidated,” said Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the former chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “That policy puts our national security up for sale,” said McCaul, who is retiring after this term.

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[CMP]

Few things are more amusing than hawks realizing Trump is not their man.

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No wonder the Dems don't seem to be lifting a finger to protect their states/cities. They're too busy trying to out-neocon the neocons.

 

[FriedButter]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1981959099026964826

Li Chenggang to Scott Bessent:

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Bessent actually thought China fired him.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1982115596998463676

 

[TK3600]

Took me a while to figure out what Xi the monk was chanting. Also Trump the monkey should have six ears.

"Gay day parade ruined"?

 

[Wrought]

"Gay day parade ruined"?

Ga is gallium, not technically a REE but nonetheless under export restrictions.

 

[CMP]

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Ga is gallium, not technically a REE but nonetheless under export restrictions.

When I was a kid in science class, I would look at the bottom rows and think, "damn, must be some cool shit". Turns out I was right! It's like a cheat code for gimping the last boss.

 

[Wrought]

Big announcements, weak followup. What else is new with Trump?

Trump is not expected to announce any new progress on the negotiations in Kuala Lumpur, as talks with the three governments drag on, according to three people with knowledge of the talks, although he is poised to unveil new preliminary deals with neighboring Cambodia and Malaysia.

The struggle to finalize terms with Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines highlights the fragile nature of the handshake agreements the White House rolled out en masse this summer, which didn’t address thorny areas of dispute. That’s particularly true when it comes to the issues that involve China, including Beijing’s use of Southeast Asian countries as a transit point to duck U.S. tariffs. The failure to resolve those issues puts Trump in a weaker position going into a make-or-break meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, currently planned for Oct. 30.

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[FriedButter]

Big announcements, weak followup. What else is new with Trump?

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The “great meeting” between Xi and Trump might turn up as a chit chat in an hallway or public room.

On Wednesday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump-Xi talk would be a “pull-aside,” suggesting nothing formal.

The meeting is just to extend the so called truce or in other words the US has zero intentions of negotiating in good faith. They are only interested in buying time as they (Bessent) said before. Using trade deals to force other countries to impose an economic blockade on China.

Neither side expects a breakthrough that would restore terms of trade that existed before Trump’s second-term inauguration in January, according to a person familiar with the conversations. Instead, talks between the two sides to prepare for the meeting focused on managing disagreements and modest improvements.

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[CMP]

The “great meeting” between Xi and Trump might turn up as a chit chat in an hallway or public room.



The meeting is just to extend the so called truce or in other words the US has zero intentions of negotiating in good faith. They are only interested in buying time as they (Bessent) said before. Using trade deals to force other countries to impose an economic blockade on China.

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Does that mean the US intends to cope through the RE shortages on black market and smuggling instead of getting the supply restored?