Trump's visit to China

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In reply to bearister • 10:32a, 5/14/26
bearister said:
What are the odds on whether Trump knows what a Thucydides Trap is?

SPOILER WARNING..







turns out, and this is true, wiki wiki knows [stuff]..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides_Trap
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The Thucydides Trap is a term popularized by American political scientist Graham Allison to describe an apparent tendency towards war when an emerging power threatens to displace an existing great power as a regional or international hegemon.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides_Trap#cite_note-JSTOR-1][1][/url] The term became widely used in 2015, and primarily applies to analysis of ChinaUnited States relations.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides_Trap#cite_note-ft1-2][2][/url]
Supporting the thesis, Allison led a study at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairswhich found that, among a sample of 16 historical instances of an emerging power rivaling a ruling power, 12 ended in war.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides_Trap#cite_note-3][3][/url] That study, however, has come under considerable criticism, and scholarly opinion on the value of the Thucydides Trap conceptparticularly as it relates to a potential military conflict between the United States and Chinaremains divided.

entirely unrelated..
https://pineneedlepath.substack.com/p/sanctifying-the-ides-of-may
not dead yet # funk trunk and i.c.e. too.
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In reply to Cal88 • 11:42a, 5/14/26
ChiComs leverage may be the ability to buy our debt?

Trump is fully aware of their 100-year plan to dominate the world. I hope he doesn't give away our intelligence, including access to high-end chips.
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In reply to movielover • 11:49a, 5/14/26
movielover said:
ChiComs leverage may be the ability to buy our debt?

Trump is fully aware of their 100-year plan to dominate the world. I hope he doesn't give away our intelligence, including access to high-end chips.

yeah, riiight, as iff T has/had any brainy intelligence to give away
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In reply to smh • 12:15p, 5/14/26
smh said:
movielover said:
ChiComs leverage may be the ability to buy our debt?

Trump is fully aware of their 100-year plan to dominate the world. I hope he doesn't give away our intelligence, including access to high-end chips.

yeah, riiight, as iff T has/had any brainy intelligence to give away


President Trump didn't create our runaway spending, nor our lack of "rare" not rare, earth minerals.
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In reply to movielover • 12:41p, 5/14/26
$1.5 trillion military budget...
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In reply to movielover • 1:11p, 5/14/26
movielover said:
ChiComs leverage may be the ability to buy our debt?

Trump is fully aware of their 100-year plan to dominate the world. I hope he doesn't give away our intelligence, including access to high-end chips.


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1:12p, 5/14/26


Such an idiot
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1:30p, 5/14/26
"Both sides are the same."

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In reply to Cal88 • 2:40p, 5/14/26
Cal88 said:
$1.5 trillion military budget...


Proposed?
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In reply to chazzed • 2:46p, 5/14/26
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"Both sides are the same."



Because diplomats did so well for decades, giving away our manufacturing industries? Some scribes claim the Marshall Plan (1948) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT, 1947) were essentially still in place, creating our trade imbalance w Europe. Susan Kokinda of Promethean Action asserts that London is often in the background, manipulating economic arrangements to hurt the USA.
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In reply to chazzed • 2:49p, 5/14/26
chazzed said:
"Both sides are the same."



I've been railing a lot on Trump, but FYI when Xi visited the US with Biden in 2023, he had a meeting with all these people above as well.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/16/xi-dinner-with-us-ceos-tim-cook-elon-musk-steve-schwarzman-spotted.html

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3:43p, 5/14/26
China policy for decades under multiple administrations has been a business first policy, hence the gutting out of select parts of the country . The other governing- but idiotic principle- was that China having being exposed to the free market would throw off totalitarianism and embrace democracy. If anything, the reverse is true: we became more authoritarian
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3:55p, 5/14/26

President Xi stuns the room saying to Trump: "We should be partners, not rivals."
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4:33p, 5/14/26


" I'm not Biden" doesn't inspire a lot of confidence
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In reply to Anarchistbear • 5:12p, 5/14/26
Anarchistbear said:
China policy for decades under multiple administrations has been a business first policy, hence the gutting out of select parts of the country . The other governing- but idiotic principle- was that China having being exposed to the free market would throw off totalitarianism and embrace democracy. If anything, the reverse is true: we became more authoritarian

LOL, probably true. Noting, of course, that we succeeded in making China largely abandon that dreaded Communism.
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In reply to Anarchistbear • 6:05p, 5/14/26
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" I'm not Biden" doesn't inspire a lot of confidence

Just like "We're not Trump" doesn't inspire confidence
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6:07p, 5/14/26
It's embarrassing that Trump is not sharp enough to know when he's being humiliated.
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In reply to chazzed • 6:14p, 5/14/26
chazzed said:
It's embarrassing that Trump is not sharp enough to know when he's being humiliated.

please, please, puhlease, for the love of Mao, Keep Trunk There
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6:18p, 5/14/26


Based on reports from early 2026, the second Trump administration has faced criticism regarding its economic policies, executive actions, and approach to governance. Key areas of concern highlighted by critics, legal experts, and opposing lawmakers include:

Economic and Trade Policy:
Trade and Inflation:

The administration imposed universal tariffs (up to 50% on certain countries) and specific tariffs on Canada and Mexico, which critics argue have fueled inflation, raised prices for consumers, and caused economic disruption.

Manufacturing Job Loss:
Despite promises of a manufacturing renaissance, reports indicate a loss of 80,000 manufacturing jobs since the inauguration.

Auto Industry Impact:
A 25% tariff on imported automobiles led manufacturers to pause production and lay off workers.

Governance and Executive Actions

Attacks on Federal Workforce:
The administration has been criticized for attempting to dismantle federal agencies, sending emails encouraging resignations, and reinstating "Schedule F" to make it easier to fire career civil servants.

Conflicts of Interest:
Concerns have been raised over the President's personal wealth increasing by over $1.4 billion while in office, with critics alleging self-dealing through foreign real estate projects, licensing deals, and the promotion of family-linked cryptocurrencies.

Politicization of Justice:
The Department of Justice has been accused of being used to target political opponents and protestors, including the arrest of student protestors.

Environmental and Social Policy Environmental Deregulation:
The EPA has faced criticism for weakening air and water quality regulations, reversing emission standards, and halting climate-related policies.

Healthcare Rollbacks:
The administration has rolled back healthcare regulations, including those on drug pricing, and attempted to reduce funding for initiatives related to diversity and gender identity.

Immigration Actions:

Policies such as family separations and mass deportation efforts have been criticized for violating international law and creating a climate of fear.

Transparency and Democratic Norms Attacks on Media and Law:
The administration has been criticized for threatening legal action against media outlets (such as the BBC), reducing press access to the White House, and publicly targeting specific law firms.

Rule of Law Challenges:
Critics cite the pardoning of January 6th defendants, defiance of certain court orders, and the targeting of judges as a disregard for the rule of law.

Removal of Datasets:
The administration has been accused of removing public datasets that track social, economic, and health disparities.

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In reply to bearister • 6:21p, 5/14/26
sorry B, not a fan of AI, esp when anon / unlabeled
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6:28p, 5/14/26
Meh.

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In reply to smh • 7:02p, 5/14/26
AI doesn't need or want fans.

You must have read enough to know that summary is truthful.

Feel free to point out where it hallucinated.

Trump is a huckster, he knows it as does everyone that ever did business with him. When you have anything to do with Trump the question is not whether he will f@uck you over but when he will f@uck you over.
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7:14p, 5/14/26

The race against China to build AI is the next arms race.
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In reply to bearister • 7:14p, 5/14/26
bearister said:
> Trump is a huckster, he knows it as does everyone that ever did business with him. When you have anything to do with Trump the question is not whether he will f@uck you over but when he will f@uck you over.

as usually happens we're on the same page, cybear brother;
but i'm muuch less interested what AI has to "say".
# funk trunk, and ai too

more bad news..
> https://www.aitooldiscovery.com/ai-infra/how-much-water-does-ai-use
# just say no
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In reply to PAC-10-BEAR • 7:16p, 5/14/26
# just say no no Nanette..

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In reply to chazzed • 7:36p, 5/14/26
China is going to make its own Boeings, Comac C-919s.

Soon you'll be able to order them on Temu.
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7:43p, 5/14/26
The talks are going too well in such a short amount of time. It seems most of the major discussion items have been settled prior to the trip, and that some type of deal was in the works prior to the start of military action against Iran.
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In reply to Cal88 • 7:55p, 5/14/26
Cal88 said:
$1.5 trillion military budget...

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In reply to PAC-10-BEAR • 8:02p, 5/14/26
"The race against China to build AI is the next arms race."

China and the United States will be allowed to exist until AI gets bored with them……unless….


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In reply to PAC-10-BEAR • 8:04p, 5/14/26
PAC-10-BEAR said:
Cal88 said:
$1.5 trillion military budget...



Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid as "welfare" is a great example of NLP.
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In reply to Cal88 • 8:16p, 5/14/26
< nothing to see here / swing and a miss >
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In reply to PAC-10-BEAR • 10:27p, 5/14/26
PAC-10-BEAR said:

The race against China to build AI is the next arms race.

That's the AI oligarchs talking, just like the defense contractor oligarchs used to do.

I don't need freaking AI, I can name all 50 state capitals. AI needs me!
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In reply to bearister • 10:30p, 5/14/26
bearister said:
"The race against China to build AI is the next arms race."

China and the United States will be allowed to exist until AI gets bored with them……unless….



Was that the episode that I quoted from in the thread that got banned the other day? I'm not surprised that MI beat AI to the punch.
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In reply to Big C • 11:18p, 5/14/26
Big C said:
PAC-10-BEAR said:
The race against China to build AI is the next arms race.

That's the AI oligarchs talking, just like the defense contractor oligarchs used to do.

I don't need freaking AI, I can name all 50 state capitals. AI needs me!

Everything went downhill after Al Gore invented the internet!
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4:54a, 5/15/26


"We got no offering of help with Iran. Just a few statements. Those are just words not actions.

Then they threatened us about Taiwan and called us a declining superpower.

The most interesting part about all of this is Trump just sat there and took it.

America isn't what it used to be.

This meeting was a failure imo."
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