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According to an overnight CNN report, Donald Trump's truce with China in the trade war he created could fall apart after his administration made two unforeseen "bombshell" announcements.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday that the U.S. will  “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students” studying in critical fields or if they have connections to the Chinese Communist Party, an announcement which was met with a wave of anger by families in China, many of whom have saved for years to educate their children abroad.

The second blow came after the Financial Times reported that "moves by US President Donald Trump had effectively cut off some American companies from selling software used to design semiconductors to China."

That one-two punch has reportedly "infuriated" Chinese authorities who felt they had made progress with the volatile Trump as the clock ticks on a 90-day pause on increased tariffs.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (5 children)

You guys see that he's demented and utterly unstable, right?

I mean - of course you do, but . . . how does everyone not see that. It's been so, so long.

[–] RedditAdminsSuckIt@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Normal people see it. The other half are actually stupid by definition.

[–] klao@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah yeah. It only gets worse. I know.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But this is how he "negotiates" even back when he wasn't in the throes of dementia. Be belligerent, throw tantrums, whine when things aren't going your way, gloat when they are.

Even a fully competent Trump probably thinks that he is "putting the screws" on China by doing this, to get a "better deal". Even though we shouldn't be linking these things at all.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Sort of? It’s kind of a moot point because he can’t complete a thought on his own anyway.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

how does everyone not see that.

Complete lack of education...

If you're over 60 and just got a k-12 public education, you can't be expected to know things you weren't taught

Same for the kids who were under No Child Left Behind, no one ever taught them critical thinking so most people that graduated American public school after 2013 only learned critical thinking and problem solving from video games.

That leaves basically just the Oregon Trail generation that were actually taught how to recognize bullshit. Everyone else was just taught to follow orders and only care about themselves.

Like, at this point it's legitimately more surprising that people who didn't fall for it still can't understand why it's working. It's not some big secret that the American education system is shit

[–] SteveNashFan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The hard truth is that the average person only cares about what affects them personally.

To use a more "fun" example, Nintendo fans freaked out about having to pay $80 when Nintendo's been scummy towards their most dedicated fans for years prior. The truth is, Nintendo nixing AM2R and Pokémon Uranium didn't affect the average fan, so they didn't care.

$80 games? That directly harms their personal finances, so now they're actually upset (I think people will buy the games anyway barring a recession, but I didn't major in economics so what do I know).

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Propaganda works.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Putting some hot sauce on that TACO eh? Gonna burn the diapers off his ass.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"Connections with the CCP?"

You mean literally everyone in China? You could be a raging moron of an ancap and you'd still have an uncle that's a party member.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

I thought the headline said Wednesday movies, and was very interested in finding out what dumbass racist movies Taco showed to someone from China. I wasn't even surprised, just curious.

[–] Heikki@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

I hope he has the testicular fortitude for this fight but... T.A.C.O

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

Soon: On other news Chinese company wahweii (the i is silent) has now released software to develop semiconductors and Chinese university Nahwaydoode has begun operations in 35 countries including 100 sites in China.