• N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 days ago

    I think Xi might have figured out Trump’s secret. He has no fucking clue what he’s doing. He scares people into reacting by being reckless, then claims a win for getting a reaction.

    Ignoring trolls takes their power away.

    • adarza@lemmy.ca
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      6 days ago

      “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

      (“Quand l’ennemi fait un faux mouvement, il faut se garder de l’interrompre” --Napoleon)

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      5 days ago

      They’re not really ignoring him though. They’ve discontinued exports of rare earth and are dumping debt. It’s a calculated strategic response to capitalise on an epic mistake.

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      5 days ago

      This only works if you’re China. Most other countries would just be ignored

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        5 days ago

        Not really, he backed down on tariffs last week thanks to Canada and Japan. The truth is, Trump has put the US into a very, very precarious position. They have a lot of debt to refinance soon, and if the rest of the world wanted to, they could dramatically increase the interest rates paid on that by coordinating a sell-off of US debt.

      • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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        5 days ago

        never interrupt your enemy while he is fumbling his shit. or something.