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232 points pseudolus | 5 comments | 10 May 25 15:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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hintymad ◴[11 May 25 00:57 UTC] No.43950327[source]▶
A funny thing is the US could easily sanction any country in the 90s because it controlled so much manufacturing. Nowadays we can’t even sanction Houthis since they can get everything from China. Judging by the port situation, soon China can sanction us, easily.
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arvigeus ◴[11 May 25 02:39 UTC] No.43950853[source]▶
The general idea is to restore that order, and decouple from China. The problem is such things will require serious leadership, not mafia style extortion.
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valianteffort[dead post] ◴[11 May 25 02:52 UTC] No.43950921[source]▶
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1. lantry ◴[11 May 25 03:03 UTC] No.43950992[source]▶
It's too bad this administration is taking it's stand very incompetently, by ostracizing all our allies and smashing our govt capacity
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2. throwawaymaths ◴[11 May 25 03:33 UTC] No.43951127[source]▶
you're right but opponents of trump would have far more ground to stand on anything if they started by saying "well we agree with XYZ that trump wants to do, let's offer other strategies he can try if what hes doing now doesnt work".

that is not happening.

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3. cman1444 ◴[11 May 25 03:59 UTC] No.43951243[source]▶
I think there's plenty of ground for his critics to stand on.

We already had another strategy, and it was called the trans pacific partnership. Trump pulled the US out of that in his first term.

4. heylook ◴[11 May 25 05:57 UTC] No.43951735[source]▶
Nope. Wholehearted rejection of literally every policy, executive order, layoff, lawsuit, impoundment, appointment that this technofascist wannabe tries to pull. The constitution spells out how he can accomplish his goals, and everything he's trying to do requires an act of congress, and there's been literally nothing. If he's so popular and such a visionary dealmaker, why can't he get literally any actual laws passed through a congress completely controlled by his party?
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5. throwawaymaths ◴[11 May 25 13:02 UTC] No.43953521{3}[source]▶
save your energy for the truly heinous things that trump is going to do (starting with the abrego garcia case, and worse).

then, when you have the time, go read article I section 8 and ask yourself how much stuff that isn't in there congress just decided to start authorizing we do. do that before trotting out constitutionalism arguments -- and then search the constitution for where it says the supreme court should be doing judicial review (I'm not saying it's a bad idea). the constitution is basically meaningless in this country and has been from since the beginning.