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Swede

(39,979 posts)
Tue May 12, 2026, 09:36 AM 8 hrs ago

"President Trump is in the strongest position of any US leader ever going into a discussion with China."

I call bullshit. The world calls bullshit. Xi is too busy laughing to call bullshit.

Burgum: "The US right now is the most energy affordable nation in the world. President Trump is in the strongest position of any US leader ever going into a discussion with China."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-12T12:28:53.784Z
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gab13by13

(32,710 posts)
1. When you lay down with Fox's you are going to get fleas.
Tue May 12, 2026, 09:40 AM
8 hrs ago

The only way Krasnov gets anything from Xi is to give him permission to invade Taiwan.

Didn't China and Russia just give their blessing to a new Iran peace plan? That deal is going to seriously stifle Krasnov.

bucolic_frolic

(55,734 posts)
3. When this flops they're going to get their heads handed to them.
Tue May 12, 2026, 09:44 AM
8 hrs ago

China is tightening up their tech barriers and promoting their own.

Midnight Writer

(25,702 posts)
7. WE are going to get our heads handed to us. WE will pay the price for His failures.
Tue May 12, 2026, 10:44 AM
7 hrs ago

I recently watched the US Auto Show and the China Auto Show.

The China Auto Show had amazing technical innovation after technical innovation, mostly about electrical auto tech.

The US Auto Show featured big, gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs, very similar to what they were selling 20 or 30 years ago.

China is moving ahead with science and innovation. America is going backwards to a mythical past that never existed.

Hey Joe

(780 posts)
5. These lackeys have forgotten how to tell the truth
Tue May 12, 2026, 09:51 AM
8 hrs ago

if they ever really knew how.
It’s gotten patheticly obvious to even their base.
And yet, they plow on….

sinkingfeeling

(57,995 posts)
6. What utter bullsh*t. My friend near Sydney, Australia has paid $0 in electric bills last 2 months.
Tue May 12, 2026, 10:38 AM
7 hrs ago

Mister Ed

(6,977 posts)
9. Xi could just kidnap Trump, in accordance with the new rules of international diplomacy established by Trump himself.
Tue May 12, 2026, 01:36 PM
4 hrs ago

I mean, what's good for the goose is good for the gander, and what's okay regarding corrupt Venezuelan leaders should be okay for corrupt U.S. leaders as well...right?

Johonny

(26,547 posts)
11. Trump has no friends, no allies, no clue
Tue May 12, 2026, 02:27 PM
3 hrs ago

A war he can't manage, an economy failing, and he's looking at a China focused and expanding influence.

Very strong position.

Is on your stomach taking it in the ass, a strong position, because that's Trumps position right now.

Initech

(109,203 posts)
12. Fox News is basically just a Trump cheerleading ass kissing 24/7 infomercial right now.
Tue May 12, 2026, 02:31 PM
3 hrs ago

This shit is so gross.

Prairie Gates

(8,452 posts)
13. Do they ever say anything else?
Tue May 12, 2026, 02:33 PM
3 hrs ago

We get it, he's the strongest, the best, the first, the most effective ever.

Who can even listen to these morons?

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