Posted on 11/07/2025 4:26:55 AM PST by texas booster
For months, Americans were told that the U.S. was embroiled in a losing “trade war” with China, preventing the two world powers from striking any sort of deal.
However, in the face of this supposed adversity, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump inked a trade and economic deal, which included key Chinese concessions: agreeing to buy more U.S. soybeans, ease export controls on rare earth minerals, and crack down on fentanyl production chemicals.
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This isn't a concession, it's a tactical retreat. They're playing the long game, waiting for us to inevitably become complacent again; at which point they'll show their true colors.
We will wait to see if the Commies have truly changed. or are just trying to outlast Pres Trump.
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America is finding out that it can be “strong and independent”.
But it won’t last — the American voters (the women, anyway) won’t support the concept of “strong and independent”. They’d rather be dependent on somebody else. Like China. Or Middle Eastern fanatics.
I’ll call BS on the agreeing to buy more U.S. soybeans part. The Chinese are Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs when it comes to soybeans and have been for a very long time. More than likely they were cutting buying soybeans to hurt American farmers so they could buy up more American farms.
Know what? I’m a seventy eight year old woman, I think I’m pretty damn smart, I’ve been politically motivated since Nixon was in office..... but the founders knew what they were about when they enfranchised to vote all white men who owned property. If we’d kept to that rule, we’d be a hellofalot better off.
The SCOTUS can really screw things up of they deny Trump emergency tariff power.
The Chicoms never honor any of their agreements.
We will eventually have to go t9 war with them.
Xi is not ready yet, he has corruption within his military that he must clean up.Then he will take Taiwan.
I believe that Xi is playing rope a dope with Trump.
TRump badly wants success with China, but China wants world domination, the rest of the world must pay tribute as of old. They play the long game to achieve that.
This is the critical thing. We cannot depend on the Chinese to keep agreements.
China has plenty of problems of their own, because they are terribly corrupt and they do not have a good internal consumer system.
The big question is: which system is more efficient? Christian capitalism has been the most efficient for about 250 years.
China has been very efficient at stealing from the West. If the West stops allowing China to steal, and stops propping up China with aid, the USA can win.
But to win, the USA has to return to Christian Capitalism.
This is what President Trump is doing.
Tell that to the left.
It looks like we’re going to have to get rid of the filibuster over the budget. Holiday travel interruptions will point to the party in power.
I think corruption has allways been a problem in China, and taking Taiwan is a cake walk compared to rooting it out.
Corruption is endemic in all of the Chinese institutions.
It was endemic in all the Soviet institutions.
Totalitarian systems inevitably become corrupt.
VDH once again demonstrates his naiveté.
My wife agrees, Segovia.
This isn't a concession, it's a tactical retreat. They're playing the long game, waiting for us to inevitably become complacent again; at which point they'll show their true colors.
Thanks to the commenter Captain Obvious, on China playing the long game. But poo on the semantics of arguing concession vs retreat. Whatever you want to call it, China caved. Trump deserves an attaboy.
Perhaps most importantly, I'm hearing more Americans saying that their being more intentional to not buy products made in China. And don't forget the new $100K H1B Visa rule -- which impacts Chinese immigrants too (not just Indian immigrants).
Trump is right about China. They need us more than we need them.
Oops. I meant “they’re”, not “their” LOL
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VDH is a scared little bitch that lives on drama. His pre election stupidity explained his position perfectly.
They are buying soy beans so that they can make sauce for our chop suey.
The US Supreme Court is about to reverse all of the progress DJT has made in China, and in foreign affairs in general. Gorsuch and Roberts will wuss out on tariffs.
Are you saying that the deal which President Trump just inked with Xi does not contain a provision obligating the Chinese to buy more U.S. soybeans - contrary to what this article has claimed? Or are you suggesting that China will reneg?
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