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The thing is about Apple is they're already being criticized for no really new innovations in the smartphone for years. Apple might not last another 20 years. Yes they better start getting into something other than what they're into now. As for India... the fact that India had to by bypass their own Make in India in order to allow parts from China so they can assemble them shows you how important China is to Apple's existence. It ain't about supply chain issues because China can still not supply if they wanted to. The only country that will spoil supplies going to where they're needed on a whim without any sort of warning is the US.

Temstar said:

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Well that's something.

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Guy's either retarded or playing a very cunning game. Earlier he says US & Phillipines must deepen defense/security ties even more and also cried about what would happen to his country should a shooting war start between the Yanks & China. Then he goes to China and saya we have signed numerous agreements and have deepened our relationship. Then the Supreme court of that country says All deals regarding gas exploration in SCS with Chinese companies are null & void. Now he says this, I mean do all third world countries like India, Phillipines politicians talk nonsense with zero credibility or they are so inefficiently governed that they just can't do things sensibly.

Chevalier said:

Macron needs to act since the Germans stole a march on him with the state visit late last year.
This is how you play the west against each other and away from your walls, as previous imperial dynasties did with barbarian hordes, be it Roman, Byzantine or Chinese. But the Americans really did most of the heavy lifting, in their greed to steal European market share, the rest of Europe had decided enough was enough.

Also, you know inflation is bad when you come across no less than several TikToks about how unaffordable everything is now:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1615472936089002010

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I'm from UK and I can tell you, for a single man to rent his own room (not even a flat but a fucking room in a 1940s built house) he would need around £500 inside the city. £28K is literally only enough for a single person to just basically survive without much or any savings and a lot of depression. £36K is what a person realistically needs to live a human life with some time to relax and also pursue other activities like gym, clubbing, maybe keeping a pet etc, of course not enough to settle down with a partner if she ain't interested in working but that's another issue. Is it really a surprise most top accounts on OnlyFans are dominated by British women. It's bad, too bad. UK's NGMI :/

siegecrossbow said:

It’s good for his health. Only thing you should be worried about is loose skin.

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Are we even sure it’s still him and not some body double? The new slim-peo only vaguely looks like the full-fat original, would never pass the Zelensky snort test.

Chevalier said:

What is up with that freak?
Honestly, what possible reason does pompeo have for such animus against china? Show us on the doll where china touched you, little mike.

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Feels like something bad happened to him while he was younger. Maybe he got bullied by someone with Chinese heritage. Maybe his former partner cheated on him with someone from China.

Pompeo is a typical American upper class. Born to privilege but not enough privilege to get guaranteed greatness like those in the elite class.

Chances are, he would have had many chances to meet corrupt Chinese emigres during his upbringing.

Typically these traitor emigres represent the absolute bottom of the barrel in Chinese society. It would not be shocking if they don't treat others in a considerate way.

kokole said:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1616730249475260420

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1616695492796186625

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Why would this huge clown do this shit when all it does is unproductively piss off his own allies???

(unless he's a 5D chess putinoid agent who is deliberately griefing NATO from within)

Biscuits said:

Why would this huge clown do this shit when all it does is unproductively piss off his own allies???

(unless he's a 5D chess putinoid agent who is deliberately griefing NATO from within)

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If some Turkish embassy guard gets mad enough and just shoots him through an embassy window, the man would instantly become an international hero across the whole Islamic world with countless babies named after him, and Erdogan would have no choice but to throw his and the Turkish government’s fully weight behind the guy.

If the racist idiot was trying to get shot, he would be hard pressed to set up a more tempting scenario.

I guess the main question would be, is he a fanatic seeking to martyr himself to incite Jihad against Muslims or just such a giant fucking entitled moron he doesn’t realise the risks he is taking with his idiotic stunts?

Stryker said:

Guy's either retarded or playing a very cunning game. Earlier he says US & Phillipines must deepen defense/security ties even more and also cried about what would happen to his country should a shooting war start between the Yanks & China. Then he goes to China and saya we have signed numerous agreements and have deepened our relationship. Then the Supreme court of that country says All deals regarding gas exploration in SCS with Chinese companies are null & void. Now he says this, I mean do all third world countries like India, Phillipines politicians talk nonsense with zero credibility or they are so inefficiently governed that they just can't do things sensibly.

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Marcos ruled out the reopening of the former US military bases in Clark and Subic, saying foreign bases weren’t allowed under the country’s Constitution.

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An youtuber I watch has a theory that recent flip flop is related to this:

The self propelled dredger Tianjinghao () responsible for building those 3 islands in SCS is seen recently at Lianyungang doing an expansion project. GT ended up doing a 24 hour live stream on the ship as it expanded China by 30,000 square meters. This is perhaps a signal intended at Philippines telling them what's coming if they get too close to the US.

Marcos ruled out the reopening of the former US military bases in Clark and Subic, saying foreign bases weren’t allowed under the country’s Constitution.

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Simply put, this is a mammoth win for China, and this we can say is a zero-sum outcome, a mammoth setback for America.

The Americans want bases to host missiles to point in the direction of China, in case of a Taiwan war. Even their Americans allies want no part of that.