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Thats kind of my point -- they've been given an ultimatum that is logically impossible, and the only road left is escalation.
by jldugger 1y ago
Thats kind of my point -- they've been given an ultimatum that is logically impossible, and the only road left is escalation.
- SteveNuts 1y ago> the only road left is escalation. The other road is isolation, which I find much more likely. They'll just cut us off completely and deal with it.
- jldugger 1y agoChina has no interest in isolating from the rest of the world, Taiwan especially.
- okanat 1y agoOP meant the US. The world and its allies will isolate US. Just like they did with Soviets.
- ben_w 1y agoThese are not totally exclusive — the world may isolate the USA, and the USA may escalate with anyone (or everyone) to a hot war.
- benzible 1y agoThe other possibility is that there's no strategy or goal beyond the fact that Trump likes the word "tariff".
- kergonath 1y agoI don’t see the Chinese willing to escalate, at least not kinetically. For now, it looks more likely that they are going to let the US have enough rope to hang themselves, seize opportunities, and play the long game.