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That's a strange obsession to obsess about. No warning about dangerous selfies taken while driving drunk throwing bottles of water at pedestrians? No warnings about hazardous, life-threatening stunts taken for for likes and shares?

In other words, "Trust the Science"

China raises duties on US goods to 125%, calls Trump tariff hikes a 'joke' China raises additional duties on U.S. goods to 125% Beijing calls Trump's tariff increases 'a joke' China says it will not respond to any further U.S. tariff hikes China seeks to rally support among other trading partners No point in China raising tariffs any further. Raising tariffs won't cut imports from the US below zero. However it left the door open for Beijing to turn to other types of retaliation, reiterating that China would fight the U.S. to the end. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-increase-tariffs-us-goods-125-up-84-finance-ministry-says-2025-04-11/ Well, Mr. President, the ball (made in Vietnam with China-sourced vinyl) is in your (mortgage foreclosure pending) court (built my illegal Mexican labor with Chinese construction materials)!

Fun fact: "enhanced interrogation" is a direct translation of "verschärfte Vernehmung," What's that? That was the term used in Heinrich Mueller's (Gestapo) memo laying out the procedures. Funny thing, Bush also had a memo that made it legal. It's a phrase that appears to have been concocted in 1937, to describe a form of torture that would leave no marks, and hence save the embarrassment pre-war Nazi officials were experiencing as their wounded torture victims ended up in court. Silly Nazis! Shouldn't hold trials.

The Coming Collapse of China is a book by Gordon G. Chang, published in 2001, in which he argued that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was the root cause of many of China's problems and would cause the country's collapse by 2011.

But the show trials were scheduled for sometime in the far future, well after the waterboardings and the broomstick anal rapings.

Is there a law that prevents a US president and anointed leader of the free world, not to mention a nobel peace prize recipient, from executively ordering the drone strike execution of American citizens without trial?

Funny all those North Koreans disappeared suddenly, and the alleged POW's are nowhere to be seen. Same with these two alleged Chinese. It'll be in all the papers, the Pentagon will be shocked, shocked I say, and will respond to questions with "we have seen reports", but nothing tangible. And when it fails to gain traction, it'll disappear like the Ghost of Kiev and the Martyrs of Snake Island. As to the non-Chinese speaking Chinese, shirley, you must admit Xi is an evil dictator, running an oppressive totalitarian regime, especially for the oppressed minorities under his boot. Why then would he send them to Western Russia where they can defect to the forces of light? Wouldn't it be better to save them for the anticipated invasion of Siberia?

Still nothing from the Chinese......... Assume they'll wait until half hour after the stock market opens on Monday for bigly effect.

I agree they blamed the Russians. As to the first part of your statement..........

Something seems off. I listened to the released video. Doesn't sound like a native Chinese speaker. Sounds more like someone reading off a couple google-translate phrases. Pronunciation was strange, and tones were incorrect. I'd suspect he was probably one of the "North Koreans" from Los Angeles they announced last month, repurposed for more effective propaganda. "Hey, Trump hates the Chinese. Let's just make him Chinese. They all look alike, anyway. Who's gonna know?"

Read the fine print. That's on top of the 20% from earlier. Tax rate on Chinese imports paid by American consumers is now 145%. China has not yet responded..... The gains from the relief rally following Trump's pause yesterday have now all been cofveve'd. Winning!©

You misunderstand. "A legal way to apply" exists, unless they're North Korean. They need to attend a US embassy or consulate in their home country and obtain an appropriate visa. Then they'll be legal. Then they'll be documented. Gosh, some might even be classified as immigrants!

You mis-spelled "illegal alien." Funny you should mention that! Embassy. Visa. Apply.

No problem. You can get an O-visa for marriage or retirement if over 50. Doesn't matter how much time you spend outside of Thailand, nor whether you work outside of Thailand. I had an O-visa (retirement), stayed in Bangkok with my girlfriend, worked in China most of the year. Would return for spring festival to apply for extensions.

No biggie. Trump also says "tariffs" when he means "taxes on the American consumer." Winning!©

We didn't blow up Nordstream for nothing! Winning!©

Trump must have renamed it to confuse the Chinese. "Velly crever, mistah Tlump! Yu winning this lound!"

I would expect a covert operation to tip over Guam. Shouldn't be that difficult, not the way it's top-heavy with all those B-2's loaded to the gills with bombs for freedom.

When was the last time Trump himself held down one of those jobs he's trying to bring back for the plebes?

They were simply recreating scenes from the carvings on temple walls. No different than Chinese lady tourists getting questioned by police when taking selfies wearing Thai university outfits. You know what they say, "When in Ayuthaya......"

Globalization will still be here, but Trump will be taking 'merka back to the 1800's, separated from the world economy. We'll have 100% 'merkan production using 100% 'merkan labor with 100% 'merkan components for all our conestoga wagons and buggy whips. Winning!

Depends where they're from. Sexy photo shoots are very popular in Peoples' Park in Guangzhou.

Is that still true anymore? The US is no longer the 'west'. Trump can only bully his alleged allies so much, sanctions are losing their effectiveness. Even his European vassals are beginning to show signs of independence. The US only accounts for about 14% of Chinese exports, and that number is quickly dropping. Can the Chinese shift their exports? I suppose Russia would like to buy combat drones and military equipment. Iran might like to buy a whole fleet of civilian airliners, stealth aircraft, and perhaps a couple nukular subs, which would give them a legitimate use for their 60%-enriched iranium. North Korea could use a couple thousand spy balloons to drop poop on Seoul, for which they could trade mail-order brides. All of Africa needs more investment, more railroads, more highways, more hospitals, more industrial parks providing employment and wages with which to purchase Chinese products. A nice change from military bases droning wedding parties and regime-changing stable governments. Maybe they'll go ahead and build that alternative to the Panama Canal, and do it with permission of the locals this time.

Whistling past the graveyard response.