Regarding the whole China aspect of this:
China could put a shot across our bow by not buying bonds for one auction. Or by selling gold in a large amount quietly in the Swiss Market.
I know this may come as a surprise to a lot of people (not directing this to YOU specifically) but China is not going to take over the world with arms, but with our dollars.
There strategic moves will come in the boardroom, not the war room.
I wish I could share your certainty that China won’t take over the world using currency - Tibet would beg to differ with you.
Jughead is printing money, and is essentially ruining the economy - and then he’s shooting his mouth off over in India. I think this was a not-to-subtle to our Narcist in Chief to get back on his side of the tracks. The part that I fear far more, is that this particular Narcist is quite insane - and simply doesn’t care if Los Angeles were to be vaporized in a flash of light.
As long as he get’s to play King, and parade around as a self-made ‘God’; he’s quite content. Is there any other plausible reason for Jughead to take the number of warships and aircraft on vacation with him? Was he contemplating invading India? This was a tax-payer funded Ego-trip - pure and simple.
And during this Ego-trip - he shot his mouth off and told that India and the USA could work together to keep China under control. This probably didn’t sit very well with China. Couple that with the poor return they are expecting on their debt we owe, and the hyper-inflation that Jughead is toying with.
I think this was a subtle ‘hint’ to Jughead - but I also think they are drastically over-estimating his grasp on reality, he’s incapable of comprehending the implications of what China can do to us. Incapable, both on the emotional level, as well as the intellectual level. It’s just one of the drawbacks to being mentally ill.