AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
I wonder if the language is on purpose. A warning on using Huawei hardware can be easily said of anything coming from the US.
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An SCMP article has come out which clarifies that China's rare earth export controls have not changed due to the Geneva meeting, and the only permits which have been granted recently have been for customers located in Europe (one of which is Volkswagen) and Vietnam. Excerpt from it:
manqiangrexue
Brigadier
Credit where it's due; this is the first thing that Trump has done since he took office. Trump revived the US-Saudi relationship back to where it was historically. He was expected to be terrible with democratic leaders like in the EU (and he certainly did not disappoint those who wanted to see that circus), but he is known to have an excellent relationship with MBS because they share the same dictator energy (which is not an insult because very often, dictators' words are more reliable than those of democratic leaders). His fallout with Netanyahu also helped him in the Arab world.
He is also buoyed by being a breath of fresh air to MBS compared to what Biden was, which was inconceivably stupid. I remember that when Biden first took office, MBS prepared a lavish gift for him, a mansion worth hundreds of millions of dollars for him to enjoy whenever he visited the Arab nation and before he could even present it, Biden went on TV to insult MBS for his human rights abuses (notably the killing of Khashoggi). This led relations to become so bad that Saudi TV constantly aired comedic sketches making fun of Biden for his senility, and once, MBS had even left an American representative waiting for him to arrive to a 7pm meeting only to go to sleep and show up the next day. Trump definitely pulled that relationship back as expected.
They say we are destined to become the monster that we fight. Interestingly, Trump, who called Joe Biden Sleepy Joe, is now seen falling asleep on live TV next to MBS.
There’s serious incompetence inside BIS. Or is that an understatement for both administrations???
DJT trump show is just getting started. Less than 6 months in office.
Overall the Republicans are smarter than the Democrats.
manqiangrexue
Brigadier
LOL Of all the mistakes he's made, getting 1 thing done correctly, and 1 thing that's completely expected, which is to NOT offend another dictator whom he's known to get along with, isn't really the shot in the arm you make it out to be. He single-handedly forced the US into a contraction when it was growing at 2.4% for 2024 Q4 under Biden and that's just the biggest, most visible problem he's caused.
I would say the opposite. Democrats are usually more educated and tech-savy, the ones that aren't some useless purple haired gender-mash freaks sitting in Starbucks planning revolts against the police. Silicon Valley is completely reliant on democrat workers in tech. Republicans, especially Trump supports, are kinda just angry blue collars like farmers who scream they want higher tariffs and then end up bankrupt from those tariffs.
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AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Why? So far Trump hasn't given up anything in his so-called deals. It's been about what everyone else has to give to Trump. Does he think he can do it in China's house. I'm sure the Repanicans will like it. Don't go to China unless China gets something out of it and not less than what Trump expects for himself. He was mistaken to believe the US had all the leverage using tariffs. Republicans in general want US power to be exercised and China exposed their limit. I'm sure they didn't learn their lesson.
Interesting that he is turning on Israel it seems.
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Did he forget he already set the tariff rate on liberation day?