NATO vis a vis the EU is scrapping the bottom of the barrel for funding for Ukraine and has taken steps to use those assets seized from Russia to bankroll the war. TACO Trump is now pushing Zelenskyy under the bus by threatening him if he does not go for a truce. Trump threatens one side and then the other, depending on which side of the bed he wakes up from. He is not moving the needle at all, just using rhetoric to make himself look imposing.
Now the Netherlands has gone one step further using a test balloon, by seizing Nexperia, a Chinese chip maker in the country, thinking China will just stand idly by. The retaliation by China is going to be devastating for vehicle manufacturers in Europe.
The fallout is not just about chips for carmakers in Europe. It is a signal to investors that their investments in Europe can be seized by using National Security issues. This is going to be a very big mistake, especially when the EU is facing economic hardship. There are about 13.8 million jobs tied to the vehicles manufacturing sector in Europe which are now in limbo.
China is now going to play hardball with the Dutch, after being badly treated by ASML earlier. This move will realistically kill off the EU vehicle manufacturing sector in the EU, a blessing in disguise from heaven. As many have said before, China will just let the USA and the West self-destruct without having to go to war. The silence of China is something that the West does not fathom, thinking it is a weakness.
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China already has little interest in talking to the Europeans, which is why the visit of the German Foreign Minister, Johann Wade Phul, had to be cancelled. China told the Germans, it will not go to any length to welcome him, a snub that needs no explanation. China is no longer playing nice-guy and is being blunt.
Lee Kuan Yew in an interview decades ago, prophesied that the West cannot produce capable leaders anymore unlike the days of Richard Nixon or Margaret Thatcher. What we have seen in the UK proves his point with the likes of Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and now Pier Stammer directing the circus. This is also the case with Germany, with the likes of Olaf Scholz and Annabela Baerbock all paling in comparison just with Angela Merkel. And the icing on the cake regarding stupidity has to be Ursula von der Lyon and her entourage, unelected clowns, making decisions on behalf of all the elected clowns in the whole EU. They literally brought down the whole EU following the dictates of the USA.
Last but not least look at the USA today. A whole administration dominated by prolific liars, charlatans and soothsayers like Scott Bessant, Howard Lutnik, Pete Hegseth, Peter Navaro and of course Donald Trump. They are mere jokers than well-oiled politicians like Sergei Lavrov or Wang Yi
White mice are used in laboratory experiments, but European white mice are being used by the USA as experimental proxies in the war with Russia. The White mice are suffering all the consequences, while the USA is benefitting by monopolizing the sale of oil and gas to the White mice in Europe.
Just like the tariffs on other countries, the people that suffer are the USA consumers, retailers and manufacturers, paying higher prices for the things they need. The irony is not lost that the USA is now even throwing money to help Argentina survive financial crisis to produce soya beans and beef to kill off USA farmers. But Trump is taking issue with China for not buying USA soya beans and corn, not Argentina taking over the sale of soya bean and corn to China. China is at liberty to buy from whomever it chooses, so what did China do wrong?
Having said that, what happened to the USA (or America) first gloating? Saving the farmers should be the priority rather than saving Argentina, right? But beneath the surface, we do not know how the US$40 billion and the resultant kickback is going to be divided among the leeches in Congress.
Now it looks more like Argentina comes first and USA farmers can go bust and their land taken over by big investors in farmland. Forget about those subsidies for temporary papering purposes, as farmers are not going to survive another season. Moreover, they do not know what else to plant for next season, so might as well close shop.
China must be very clear that it is a superpower and should decide when it wants to talk, who it wants to talk to, and what it wants to talk about, set the agenda for talks.
China must not be dragged by Mickey Mouse and charlatans into talks and talking about China's backside and asshole as decided by the Mickey Mouse.
Yes, China did the right thing not to talk to the German Minister or the Dutch Minister. These are all troublemaking Mickey Mouse that want to feel important, showing that they can tell China I am coming and I want to talk to you and China must lay out the red carpet and listen to their lectures and bashing.
Going forward, China must be the one to decide to talk or not to talk, who to talk to and what to talk about.
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