Posted on 03/05/2025 7:50:45 PM PST by bitt
China has said it is “ready for war” with America as it raises defence spending and imposes retaliatory tariffs on US imports.
In a direct threat to Donald Trump, China’s representatives in America said: “If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight until the end.”
Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, in turn said the US is “prepared” to go to war.
“If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight till the end,” the post read.
Mr Hegseth told Fox and Friends that the US was “prepared” and that “those who long for peace must prepare for war.”
The US has hit China with 20 per cent tariffs in response to what the White House considers to be Chinese inaction over the flow of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, into America.
Beijing has responded by announcing plans to boost defence spending by 7.2 per cent and hit the US with reciprocal tariffs of 10 to 15 per cent on certain imports from March 10.
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“Let’s get it on!”
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Not.
Uh,
Dear China, we have no interest in running East Asia.
Leave US alone.
No.
With Xi and the important people safely tucked away in fortified mountain bunkers, of course.
The Three Gorges dam, one missile and China will regret the war.
I don’t think either China or the US want war with each other.
Something tells me we can thank FJB for this.
I am NC assured t by at destroying the 3 Gorges Dam will only result in 400 million deaths andc17 major cities destroyed in China.
The government needs to start with weeding out the spies/collaborators with China here, trying them for such and executing them post haste (individuals AND politicians - i.e. Swalwell, Pelosi, McConnell, etc.). This government has been sitting on its hands. Total frustration.
“Sitting on its hands” is too polite. Actually, it has it’s head up its @ss.
Tim Walz is so vain, he probably thinks your post is
about him!
“Mr Hegseth told Fox and Friends that the US was “prepared” and that “those who long for peace must prepare for war.””
Not doing that much prepping IMHO.
What he is doing is losing allies.
I have no idea what you said.
Ah, communist leaders who are not the heads of the country always talk like that :)
Russia, China, N Korea...all the leader’s men talk crazy talk..
I laugh it off.
Everyboddy’s got a plan until they get hit...Myike Tyson
Is he listening to President Trump? Maybe China misunderstood. We do not want a war war, just a wee trade war
“Mr Hegseth told Fox and Friends that the US was “prepared” and that “those who long for peace must prepare for war.””
Not doing that much prepping IMHO.
What he is doing is losing allies.
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Exactly. People around here were crapping themselves every time Putin said much of anything about us “because Russia has nukes.”
China has nukes too. It’s just stupid to pick a fight without intending to do so, but Hegseth still wants to be a young buck when his job now is to be a wise and prudent leader of our military.
I don’t think Trump, or Hegseth, is very good at dealing with allies, or public opinion, or managing messages.
He is in way over his head in East Asia. Every big shot is convinced that he is going to bail on everything or start WWIII. I’m talking heads of state, defense ministers, and every billionaire in a Pacific Rim condo.
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