Trump's tariff war with Beijing is part of a multi-prong strategy to secure America from a much broader threat

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Thus far, China has employed non-kinetic measures against our homeland.
46% : To execute this strategy, the self-proclaimed master of the art of the deal will be personally involved in trade negotiations, according to Trump's right-hand man on economic deals, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent.
38% : Through his tariff war, Trump likely aims to weaken China's economy and delay the invasion of Taiwan, buying time for U.S. industries to retool, re-establish new supply chains and rebuild our manufacturing capacity, which has been almost erased thanks to Washington's decades-long misguided China policies.
34% : Trump is also working to reverse U.S. dependence on China, which Beijing has been cultivating deliberately for years, probably aiming to change Xi's decision calculus to start the invasion of the island.
25% : Here's what Trump understands about China and his rationale for the "strategic decoupling" doctrine Team Trump developed to tame our most dangerous adversary.
25% : Trump wants to avoid getting dragged into a kinetic war with China that we cannot win.
22% : Trump is fighting a non-kinetic war with Beijing to avoid a kinetic one, which would surely be catastrophic for both the U.S. and China.
18% : Trump is also working to reverse our reliance on China for critical minerals, which has reached crisis proportions, presenting a grave national security risk to the homeland.

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