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Trump-Xi summit clouded by Iran tensions, trade mistrust and China’s growing leverage
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| May 10, 2026
| FP News Desk
Posted on 05/12/2026 9:57:09 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
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posted on
05/12/2026 10:02:56 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴)
To: CondoleezzaProtege
It’s always something. Trump can deal with it.
To: mewzilla
I think the “rare earths” thing is a sticking point.
To: mewzilla
Yeah. The US just cut off all their cheap oil from Venezuela and Iran, but China has ‘growing leverage’.
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posted on
05/12/2026 10:05:18 AM PDT
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HYPOCRACY
(There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
To: CondoleezzaProtege
There is also, because our actions in Venezuela and the Panama Canal, and of course this blockade, tremendous leverage for the United States...
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posted on
05/12/2026 10:05:31 AM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(Conservatives can't afford to sit out. Vote like your freedom depends on it, it does!)
To: HYPOCRACY
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posted on
05/12/2026 10:06:24 AM PDT
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mewzilla
(Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴)
To: CondoleezzaProtege
To: mewzilla
Yup- china, specifically Xi, is in huge trouble- they have no leverage...
To: CondoleezzaProtege
More than the EU than for us.
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posted on
05/12/2026 10:08:07 AM PDT
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mewzilla
(Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴)
To: CondoleezzaProtege
China does not have more rare earth metals underground than other areas of the globe, but rather the inclination and propensity to process them despite the risk of extreme ecological impact.
We should make areas of the USA where rare earths can be extracted with limited judicial oversite imposed by the Sierra Club’s and WWF constant lawsuits.
The areas should be in places that would have the least environmental impact, as a measure of national security.
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posted on
05/12/2026 10:11:56 AM PDT
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Alas Babylon!
(Conservatives can't afford to sit out. Vote like your freedom depends on it, it does!)
To: mewzilla
Well it is my understanding that US defense companies like Lockheed Martin etc…need to figure out ways around China’s rare earths grip
To: Alas Babylon!
I guess as long as US defense/weapons industries manage in the meantime?
To: CondoleezzaProtege
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posted on
05/12/2026 10:17:27 AM PDT
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mewzilla
(Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴)
To: mewzilla
That’s exactly what he has in mind. Buy from us and not the Iranians and Venezuelans. At market. Not a 60% discount.
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posted on
05/12/2026 10:21:49 AM PDT
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HYPOCRACY
(There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
To: CondoleezzaProtege
Well it is my understanding that US defense companies like Lockheed Martin etc…need to figure out ways around China’s rare earths grip
Lockheed and Boeing and most other defense contractors, produced their best known and most deadly weapons, before the rare=earths issue became a thing. We don't need no stinking rare-earths from China or its colonized servant countries.
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posted on
05/12/2026 10:21:50 AM PDT
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adorno
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Yes. Stockpile, buy from third parties, search for other sources, accelerate development here at home, all of the above.
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posted on
05/12/2026 10:22:00 AM PDT
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Alas Babylon!
(Conservatives can't afford to sit out. Vote like your freedom depends on it, it does!)
To: Alas Babylon!
Yes. Stockpile, It’s the timing…we’re in the middle of a war…
To: mewzilla
Yeah right and who the hell is First Post?
To: All
Growing leverage ? Sure why not .
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posted on
05/12/2026 10:27:48 AM PDT
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escapefromboston
(Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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