SexUnderSocialism [she/her]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 months agoChina slaps retaliatory tariffs of 84% on U.S. goods in response to Trumpwww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkChina slaps retaliatory tariffs of 84% on U.S. goods in response to Trumpwww.cnbc.comSexUnderSocialism [she/her]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square2linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGoodGuyWithACat [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI’m starting to think that decoupling from China is precursor to war. Decoupling after declaring war would cripple the US military machine so maybe this is a gamble to get their house in order before some bigger offensive.
minus-squareMoonElf [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agowith a side benefit of having lots of unemployed people in the states to press into military service
I’m starting to think that decoupling from China is precursor to war. Decoupling after declaring war would cripple the US military machine so maybe this is a gamble to get their house in order before some bigger offensive.
with a side benefit of having lots of unemployed people in the states to press into military service