[dabinat]

This is the part I don’t understand. Trump goes on and on about the threat of China but doesn’t appear to be positioning the US to actually compete with them. An energy revolution is coming and China looks poised to take most of the spoils while the US buries its head in the sand and clings to the past.

[baby_souffle]

It's a talking point. His base can't think beyond "China bad" and "Trump is us". If he says $action is good for the US, and bad for China then the only question they'll have is how many of those pesky elites will be sad because of this.

If you stop thinking so critically and logically, it'll all start to make a lot more sense.

[anigbrowl]

Trump wants to be king of America and make Washington DC and the White House in particular look like his vision of how America should have been. He is not that interested in the outside world or how people live, which is why he puts a non-negligible share of his mental energy into things like remodeling the Rose Garden to look more like a hotel patio, eg

https://x.com/MargoMartin47/status/1958969428948980139

[AngryData]

I mean I don't think him or most other politicians care. They will be long dead before anyone wealthy feels the consequences. In the meantime they are making money, have power to wield, and the propaganda they spew gives them a decent chunk of public support.

[BLKNSLVR]

Trump doesn't understand that it's a new fight. He's trying to win the old fight again.

In the exact same way that "back in my day" stories don't matter to the lives of the grandchildren being told.