r/worldnews • u/Significant-Colour • 1d ago

China strikes back at Trump with 34 percent tariff — bans rare earth exports to the U.S.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-strikes-back-on-trump-tariffs-bans-rare-earth-exports-to-the-u-s
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u/FlowersOfSin 1d ago

Yup. It takes a lot longer to build a bridge than to destroy and then even if a new Liberal government comes in 4 years, the Republicans will blame them for not fixing the economy fast enough.

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u/xxearvinxx 1d ago

I completely agree with this. I’m just hoping this administration is such a colossal fuck up that it damages the Republican Party for decades. Instead of the democrats being blamed for not fixing the economy fast enough, like they usually would be, I hope the voters will look back at this moment and go “yeah they aren’t fixing it fast enough but the Republicans completely wrecked it. Not making that mistake again”.
But that’s wishful thinking.

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u/Frozty23 1d ago

I’m just hoping this administration is such a colossal fuck up that it damages the Republican Party for decades.

I thought the same after Bush2 and the lies that sold us into the war.

Then I thought the same after Trump1 and Covid.

Compare either of them, as an administration or as an individual, to Clinton or Obama, or even old Biden.

Fox News and right wing media has been spewing lies and propaganda for decades now. I had hoped that as older Republicans died off, the younger, internet-savvy people of the country would be smart enough to swing away from that constant deception. But now we have Joe Rogan and god knows what cancer is on Facebook and the like (reddit is my only social media, so I just don't know).

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u/Maxamillion-X72 1d ago

A Democrat must be perfect, a Republican just has to be a Republican

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u/Mucay 22h ago

It is easier to rank up on Republican Party, and the Republican Party is the go to Party for anyone who wants absolute power

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u/rubywpnmaster 1d ago

Well, you can say what you want about Bush/Trump 1.0 but neither of them triggered a Great Depression. As Rand Paul was keen to point out the tariffs that helped fuel the Great Depression helped lead to conditions that effectively kept the GOP at bay for decades.

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u/_Middlefinger_ 1d ago

Democrats are the majority, but have no floor to their voting base. Unless you energise them they just dont bother. The republicans have a floor of about 60million, who will reliably go out and vote R even if the candidate was literal Satan who rose out of a fiery pit live on TV.

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u/FlowersOfSin 1d ago

People have way too short memories for that. In 8 years from now will totally have forgotten about all this and will buy into the same false promises.

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u/Revlis-TK421 1d ago

They'll blame it on the Dems. Just like the blamed Obama for 9/11 and Katrina. Like they blame Biden for Covid. etc.

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u/UmbraIra 1d ago

Also in 8 years people who are 10 would be able to vote.

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u/playingnero 1d ago

The real problem is that the dipshits who voted these morons in, are still running around, stealing air and they're still gonna be room temperature IQ air thieves in 4 years voting for whatever fucking colossal moron comes next.

We're fucked on a long term basis.

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u/Dispator 1d ago

The only way is going for the dems to rally in literally a CULT like fashion against the populist in record numbers for decades. 

Because I know lots of Republicans they are 100% Trump Is Right About EVERYTHING.At first I thought it was hyperbole or kinda a joke because no one can always be right and people make mistakes.

Nope not trump/musk/or anyone anything(like doge or whatever future gustapo) proped up by them. Divine religious cult beliefs. Completely real. 

They believe if Trump somehow loses power they will lose EVERYTHING thier life liberty property prosperity and health happiness etc etc etc etc. They believe they are at WAR and thier country is under attack....and the scary part is it now included dems or anyone that dosent 100% in thier cult....it used to just be immigrants foreigners days trans bidem etc but not anymore it's everyone else but they think they are NOW the majority amd on top.

They have no plams for a fair election anymore.

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u/UltimateShingo 1d ago

If that government even gets the chance to. I have a feeling a lot of countries will have realised by now that a country that can flip between somewhat reasonable (if egocentric) and completely insane is not a reliable partner under any circumstance. Any contract with the US is basically worthless as a future government might just rip it up on the spot.

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u/Blue_Moon_Lake 23h ago

Hasn't this be the trend for half a century with republicans worsening the economy so they can pocket money, then democrats fixing their shit while being blamed for the delayed consequences of republicans decisions?