Then we nip the problem now, on Earth, before they get moondust on their shoes.
They call your bluff by cashing in the trillion dollars worth of securities we have sold them to back up our government spending.
Not trying to be combative or obnoxious. There are many moves on many levels.
"Then we nip the problem now, on Earth, before they get moondust on their shoes."
Call it contingency planning, then. If we don't head them off at the pass, at it were, what's your fallback position?