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The point is to make a credible threat - not necessarily follow through with it. That being said China has been a much more consistent and reliable trade partner than the US for decades now because our politics has been broken going back to Bush II.
Comment by NoNameMonkey at 02/02/2025 at 03:41 UTC
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The problem is I don't trust Trumps fingers on that trigger on the best of times.
That standoff actually almost went nuclear. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/27/cuban-missile-crisis-60-years-on-new-papers-reveal-how-close-the-world-came-to-nuclear-disaster[1] is a good summary.
Basically misinterpreted US actions made the captain of a Russian sub think war had started and they almost launched nuclear weapons.
In a situation rife with incomplete information the best people can make mistakes.
Now picture Trump, a man who doesn't listen to experts, thinks the US should actually use it's nuclear arsenal and has no concerns about the human costs of war. Him in that situation would be infinitely more dangerous.
Hope my response isn't too serious for what may have been a flipping remark.