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    1. 1984isAMidlifeCrisis on

      China is getting ready to demonstrate that our threats are empty and our power is vastly diminished. We’re about to look very weak.

    2. LightMission4937 on

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      they know Trump is a degenerate.

    3. BombasticSimpleton on

      I mean, what is the US going to do? Fire on Chinese flagged merchantmen? Start an even bigger and more unpopular war? TACO president against a much more dangerous and focused adversary? Let Feckless Hegseth bluster on about things?

      I know MAGA secretly wants this, but the current leadership is in no way competent to deal with it.

    4. It’s almost as if the US isn’t in charge of the world and they all get to make their own decisions. Crazy.

    5. cardinarium on

      This is the reasonable response. No one should be complying with US sanctions on anything; they’ve been shown to be capricious, harmful, and unnecessary. And in Iran the US has demonstrated yet again that, for all the money it wastes on defense, it can’t effectively follow through on achieving military goals.

    6. AppealConsistent9801 on

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      Trump is really making China Great Again.

    7. It’s not “defiant”. US policy doesn’t have any authority over anyone to be defied.

      US sanctions just mean you can’t trade in US dollars. Ok. We’ll just use one of the other currencies, like the Yuan for example…

    8. Hegseth openly admitted that we’ve used YEARS worth of munitions on Iran and is seeking some insane number to refresh that.

      China knows that and will call TACO Dons bluff.

    9. Why should countries listen to US sanctions anymore? It just hurts us to obey and not buy from their enemies. If we keep out of Trumps war we should stay away from sanctions too.

    10. _denimchicken_ on

      Sorry, we’re already busy beefing with Cuba this weekend. We gotchu next weekend, China

    11. ViolettaQueso on

      Saw this coming for months.

      Also, Trump’s Cuba talk is bound to be pissing off both Xi & Putin (among a whole bunch of others).

    12. Baconpanthegathering on

      I mean at this point, why not? USA is a laughing stock on a death spiral

    13. multidollar on

      This is what actual power is. Being able to turn around and say “we don’t care” with the knowledge that the US can’t do a thing about it without starting aggression towards China.

      China has, and always will, play the long game.

    14. buddymoobs on

      Why would they abide by our sanctions when we are being such an idiot on the world stage?

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