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kentuck

(113,659 posts)
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 10:04 AM Monday

Is Trump threatening China with military force??

He is super-pissed that China is ignoring his claims of negotiations going on over trade and tariffs. He cannot get them to the table and the shit is about to hit the fan. It makes him look desperate and weak.

So, in his comments yesterday at "news conference", he felt the need to insert his threats about America having weapons more powerful than anyone can imagine. At the time, I thought it was directed at China. Since nothing else seems to work to get them to take the squeeze off Trump, maybe he underhandedly threaten them with some sort of military weapons?

Did anyone connect his comments to his failure to get China to negotiate?

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Is Trump threatening China with military force?? (Original Post) kentuck Monday OP
Someone JBTaurus83 Monday #1
Goo God, the fool is going to get us into a hot war. brush Monday #3
I know. Trump is a real eejit when it comes to governing. ananda Monday #5
There is a price to pay for incompetence. kentuck Monday #6
Aint that the truth! ananda Monday #11
Jebus Irish_Dem Monday #2
We always knew he is unqualified for the office and does not understand the enormity of the stakes involved. John1956PA Monday #4
Trump only sees things from the perspective of his personal benefit. Irish_Dem Monday #12
Their ICBMs can easily hit the U.S. dalton99a Monday #7
25A Red Alert bucolic_frolic Monday #8
TSF repeatedly and not rhetorically asked no_hypocrisy Monday #9
That is just dumb ---the world "superpowers" never fuck with walkingman Monday #10

JBTaurus83

(306 posts)
1. Someone
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 10:05 AM
Monday

may need to tell him they have hundreds of nukes that can hit the USA. We aren't the only ones with weapons in this situation.

ananda

(31,627 posts)
5. I know. Trump is a real eejit when it comes to governing.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 10:12 AM
Monday

He keeps trying the godfather approach, which is really the
absolutely worst way to deal with other countries.

John1956PA

(4,022 posts)
4. We always knew he is unqualified for the office and does not understand the enormity of the stakes involved.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 10:10 AM
Monday

Irish_Dem

(69,156 posts)
12. Trump only sees things from the perspective of his personal benefit.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 03:44 PM
Monday

He is incapable of understanding issues from the perspective of what is best for the nation or American people.

no_hypocrisy

(51,396 posts)
9. TSF repeatedly and not rhetorically asked
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 10:23 AM
Monday

why can’t nuclear weapons be used.

China will be a temptation I suppose.

walkingman

(9,171 posts)
10. That is just dumb ---the world "superpowers" never fuck with
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 10:42 AM
Monday

countries of substantial strength - they always use a proxy to do the dirty work....think Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan (in the case of the US). They become expendable killing fields without doing damage to the homeland.

I certainly hope we do not fuck with China...or anyone for that matter...how about spending our precious resources - human and capital - to make the world better for a change? Is that our of the question?

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