International Civil War
- Dagny
- Apr 16
- 12 min read
This is both global war and global civil war.
WHAT YOU'RE NOT HEARING: The Chinese cannot replace the U.S. market. Without it, the Chinese economy collapses. Here's why. A thread...
Here's the shocking truth: China's entire economic miracle was built on ONE thing - being America's cheap manufacturing hub. But they forgot something CRUCIAL...
The "Chinese miracle" playbook was simple: • Open markets to the West • Offer dirt-cheap labor • Ignore safety standards • Let Western companies rake in profits.
MASSIVE MISCALCULATION: Beijing thought the American leaders they made rich would protect them forever. They believed these corporate puppet masters would never let the US stand up to China. WRONG. Along came Donald Trump, who owes them nothing.
RIDICULOUS: The numbers don't lie • US exports to China: $143.5B • Chinese imports to US: $438.9B They flood our markets while closing or restricting THEIR markets. But Trump said: NO MORE.
Meanwhile, countries like India, Vietnam, and Bangladesh are CELEBRATING. They're ready to take China's place, AND open their markets to the U.S. - and Trump's willing to deal.
HERE'S what the Enemedia WON'T tell you: Chinese exporters are PANICKING • Abandoning shipments mid-voyage • Factory orders FROZEN • Container volume DOWN 90% And this is just the beginning. China can't replace the U.S. market that made it rich.
Reports flooding in: • Factories shutting down • Amazon canceling orders • Stores closing • Warehouses overflowing The house of cards is falling. But the Enemedia gives you nothing but Chinese propaganda.
CRUCIAL FACT: America buys 3X more than Japan (China's next biggest customer). Without us, they're FINISHED. And they were already on the ropes.
Will this affect US consumers? Sure, briefly. You might struggle to find cheap plastic junk for a few months. But other countries will step up. And TRILLIONS in new investment are flowing into America, while countless factories LEAVE China.
The bottom line: China picked a fight they can't win. While America adjusts, the CCP will face the consequences of their refusal to truly open their own markets, or to abandon aggression against their neighbors. Game over. The decoupling is under way.
"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “China is surrounded.” He points out that our allies that want to come to the table rather than escalate— Japan, South Korea, India, Vietnam— all have China surrounded. Trump knows what he’s doing. This is a strategic play and it’s gonna work." (twitter.com)
The power of freedom of speech is affecting the world beyond America. The money masters have been fleecing the world on a grand scale for decades, and perhaps much longer. Their crimes are being exposed, and no longer having the power of illusion exclusively under their control, they lash out with obvious iron fists. The villains are being exposed and they have to resort to force.
Biden’s Administration Suppressed COVID Evidence Contradicting Chinese Claims
Now, a long-withheld military report has finally been released by the Trump administration. It appears to confirm what was once denied by the Biden administration: U.S. military service members contracted COVID-19-like symptoms after participating in the World Military Games in October 2019 in Wuhan.
That contradicts China’s timeline. It suggests a longer cover-up in that country, which allowed the virus to spread not only to the U.S. but to countries around the world. Other nations also reported that their military personnel had fallen ill after attending the same games, suggesting that the virus was not only spreading but already raging in the area at that time.
🇺🇸⚔️🇨🇳 US looks to secure economic isolation of China with tariff cuts for 70+ countries
🚫 The plan includes prohibiting China from transporting goods through certain countries and banning Chinese companies from establishing operations to bypass US tariffs, the Wall Street Journal reported.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is leading the strategy, with hopes of reaching agreements with Japan, the UK, Australia, South Korea, and India.
📈 In the ongoing trade war between Washington and Beijing, US tariffs on Chinese goods have reached 145%, while China’s duty on American goods stands at 125%.
🇺🇸🇨🇳❗️White House denies plans to raise tariffs on all Chinese goods by 245%
🇨🇳🗣🇺🇸 China is open to trade talks if the US SHOWS RESPECT
Beijing is willing to engage with Trump’s administration, but only if certain conditions are met, Bloomberg reported, citing a source familiar with the matter.
🤔 What are these conditions?
1️⃣Reining in disparaging remarks from members of Trump’s cabinet to show more respect
2️⃣Addressing concerns over US sanctions
3️⃣Clarifying the White House’s stance on Taiwan
4️⃣Appointing a point person for talks who has the president’s backing and can help prepare a deal for Trump and Xi Jinping to sign when they meet
American cattle rancher exposing that they’ve all been sold out - “50% or more of the beef processing be controlled by countries outside of the US. It comes down to our own food source security.” - Chinese & Brazilian companies control 50% (or more) of our beef processing (twitter.com)
✋ Tesla, caught in crossfire of rising US tariffs, suspends Chinese shipments for Cybercab and Semi trucks
📊 While Tesla initially planned to absorb the 34% tariff, it became unsustainable as tariffs increased to 125%, Reuters reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.
🏭 The company had intended to begin trial production of the two models in October, with mass production set for 2026 in Texas and Nevada. This move follows President Trump's recent tariff hike on Chinese goods, which could disrupt Tesla’s production schedule.
↗️ The increased tariffs, now totaling 145%, have significantly impacted Tesla’s shipping plans, threatening the timeline for these major innovations.
📉WTO lowers forecast for global GDP growth in 2025 due to tariffs, from 2.8% to 2.2%
Global merchandise trade is expected to decline by 0.2% in 2025, with North America facing the steepest drop. Exports in the region are projected to fall by 12.6%.
🇺🇸🛍 Taiwan (32%), Vietnam (46%), India (26%) and Cambodia (49%), joining Israel (17%), have agreed to lift ALL tariffs on US goods.
More than 50 countries have already called to negotiate with Trump.
Crucial Tariffs on Semiconductors Are ‘Coming Soon,’ Commerce Sec. Says
The Trump administration announced Friday that electronics such as laptops and smartphones would be exempt from the president’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs. However, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick clarified Sunday the move is only temporary as the administration works out new sector-based tariffs.
“They’re exempt from the reciprocal tariffs but they’re included in the semiconductor tariffs, which are coming in probably a month or two,” Lutnick told ABC’s “This Week.”
The list of exemptions published Friday included a spate of tech components like routers, semiconductor chips, and memory chips, all of which would not be subject to the hefty tariffs on Chinese imports nor Trump’s global 10% tariff. During the interview, Lutnick emphasized the importance of making these crucial products on U.S. soil.
"We can't be beholden and rely upon foreign countries for fundamental things that we need," Lutnick explained. "These are things that are national security that we need to be made in America."
Indeed. Key sub-sectors of the economy – semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, agricultural products – should 100% be made in the USA. Anything less is a victory for China and our adversaries across the globe.
Hong Kong CUTS OFF US mail in tit-for-tat over Trump tariffs
After Donald Trump scrapped the $800 duty-free limit for imports from Hong Kong, jacking up tariffs to as high as 120%, the city’s government fired back.
Hong Kong’s post-service halted package deliveries to and from the US starting April 27, sparing only letters and documents.
“The public in Hong Kong should be prepared to pay exorbitant and unreasonable fees due to the US’s unreasonable and bullying acts,” the government said in the statement.
📹 UK Rules: Biology > woke definition of ‘woman’
The British Supreme Court has just ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female – end of story. Going against the trend of political correctness, it said transgender women cannot be considered female under the 2010 Equality, even if they have an official Gender Recognition Certificate.
The court’s decision puts an end to the devolved Scottish government’s attempts to allow men to 'self-identify' as woman without a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria – and sticks firmly to the biological facts.
The Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin gets chased down the street by angry citizens. They shout: "Close the border" and "Protect our women & children" 🇮🇪 (twitter.com)
German interior Minister offended by meme saying she hates freedom of speech. So she imprisons him. Proving his point. (www.rt.com)
GEERT WILDERS JUST SENT A MESSAGE TO THE GLOBALIST ELITES
“We will Make Europe Great Again!”
“My message to all the old leaders — from Macron to Scholz to Sanchez: YOUR TIME IS OVER.”
😱 Communists are EVERYWHERE! “You could FEEL it” — Hegseth
💬 “They're building a TUNNEL underneath the canal… BRIDGES over the top… CRANES within. We flew by their cranes… antennas all over them. What are those used to do?”
https://t.me/geopolitics_live/48293 1 minute 17 seconds
Siemens plans to invest $285 million in manufacturing in the United States
😂 'Your visa is EXPIRED. Your visa is REVOKED. You have to LEAVE': Crypto messages from US Embassy puzzle Ukrainians
The Instagram posts on the official account of the US Embassy in Ukraine included a statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
💬"Visiting America is not an entitlement. It is a privilege extended to those who respect our laws and values," it read.
📱🇨🇳 Price is not the main driver for companies to go to China: Apple CEO Tim Cook said that it is no longer the cost of labor that explains Apple's production in China, but the skills and number of engineers in Beijing.
🇸🇦🇸🇾 Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria's $15 million debt to the World Bank, Reuters reports.
The payment could pave the way for approval of multimillion-dollar grants for "reconstruction and support" of Syria.
The Syrian delegation will travel to Washington for the first time since the change of power for meetings of the World Bank and IMF.
🇩🇰🇺🇸Thousands of Danish citizens are launching an effort to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
Australia Will Not Help China Fight Trump’s Tariffs.
Australia rejected China’s plea to help combat Donald Trump’s tariffs on Wednesday, pledging not “to make common cause” with the far-Eastern communists.
"We’re not about to make common cause with China," Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said during a Sky News interview. "We are not going to be holding hands with China in respect of any contest that is going on in the world."
While siding with the United States, or at least not explicitly standing with China, may seem like an obvious choice, the Aussies have ample reason to stay on Beijing’s good side. The Chinese buy nearly a third of Australia’s total exports, giving the CCP the ability to cripple the island nation’s economy if it so chooses. The U.S. makes up less than 10%. Read more.
📹 BlackRock CEO IN FULL PANIC MODE over Trump’s new tariffs
The United States, post-World War II, was a global stabilizer. We are the global DESTABILIZER now, Larry Fink told CNBC.
"This is not a pandemic. This is not a financial crisis. This is something that we've created," he said.
RedState
Trump Lets Lumber Companies Use National Forest for Lumbering
QUOTE: In a bold move that champions both economic growth and practical forest management, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Friday that it will greenlight logging in America’s national forests. This decision, spearheaded by USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, follows President Donald Trump’s executive order last month aimed at revitalizing the nation’s timber industry. For Americans, this is a long-overdue step toward restoring common-sense stewardship of our natural resources while bolstering rural economies battered by years of overregulation and neglect.
America’s 154 national forests span roughly 188.3 million acres, with California alone hosting 18 of them. These vast woodlands have been plagued by mismanagement, leaving them vulnerable to devastating wildfires, insect infestations, and disease. “Healthy forests require work, and right now, we’re facing a national forest emergency,” Rollins declared in a statement. She’s right. The data backs her up: Overgrown forests choked with deadwood have fueled catastrophic blazes in recent years, threatening lives, property, and the very ecosystems environmentalists claim to protect. Rollins’ memo promises to expand timber production by 25 percent, empowering the U.S. Forest Service to cut through bureaucratic red tape and take decisive action to thin forests, reduce fire risks, and save communities.
This isn’t just about trees—it’s about people. Rural America, long sidelined by coastal elites and their regulatory obsessions, stands to gain the most. Logging means jobs—good, honest work for communities that have seen sawmills shutter and livelihoods vanish. By slashing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) hurdles and easing contracting burdens, the USDA is putting faith in forest managers to do what’s right for the land and the people who depend on it. President Trump’s March 1 order set the stage, directing Rollins and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to prioritize timber output and sound management over endless environmental reviews. It’s a refreshing rejection of the paralysis-by-analysis that has crippled resource industries for decades.
A private plane that crashed in upstate New York over the weekend was carrying a former Massachusetts Institute of Technology soccer player and her family, who were bound for a trip to the Catskills.
Among the victims were Karenna Groff, a former MIT soccer player named the 2022 NCAA woman of the year; her father, a neuroscientist, Dr. Michael Groff; her mother, Dr. Joy Saini, a urogynecologist and Karenna Groff's boyfriend, James Santoro, another recent MIT graduate, according to James’ father, John Santoro.
The parents were prominent doctors involved with MIT and Harvard. All six on the plane perished. All six were serious movers and shakers in tech, law and medicine.
What’s interesting is that Air Traffic Control tried to radio the plane to indicate they were at low altitude but there was no response. Twice. This was an experienced pilot, although he had missed the initial approach to the airport.
BREAKING: Feb 2023--Siemens allegedly signed a rail contract with Turkey promising to boycott Israel. Yesterday: President & CEO of rail infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, Agustín Escobar, was killed in a suspicious helicopter crash along with his wife & 3 children.
Eyewitness of helicopter explosion
🗣 ‘It sounded like a SONIC BOOM on my right’ – Manhattan crash eyewitness
💬 “I just see a helicopter SPLITTING IN TWO with the ROTOR FLYING OFF in the sky,” the eyewitness told reporters.
Helicopter in Fatal New York Crash Lacked Flight Recorders: NTSB
Israeli Troops Blow Whistle on War Crimes in Gaza 'Kill Zone'
One IDF officer said that not only are Israeli troops killing military-age males, "we're killing their wives, their children, their cats, their dogs. We're destroying their houses and pissing on their graves."
An Israeli human rights group on Monday published a report in which Israel Defense Forces officers and soldiers who took part in the creation of a buffer zone along Gaza's border with Israel described alleged war crimes including indiscriminate killing, as well as the wholesale deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure in what multiple whistleblowers called a "kill zone.Palestinians who dared enter the perimeter, even accidentally were also targeted, including civilian men, women, children, and elders. The officers and soldiers interviewed by BTS struggled to explain whether noncombatants were informed of the no-go zone's limits, with one saying civilians knew to stay away when they saw that "enough people died or got injured" crossing the unmarked boundary.Some people who entered the perimeter out of sheer desperation were targeted. Israel's blockade of Gaza has fueled widespread and sometimes deadly starvation, and Palestinians entered the "kill zone" to pick hubeiza, a nutritious wild plant, after the area's farmland was razed.
"The IDF really is fulfilling the public's wishes, which state: 'There are no innocents in Gaza. We'll show them,'" one reserve warrant officer explained. "People were incriminated for having bags in their hands. Guy showed up with a bag? Incriminated, terrorist. I believe they came to pick hubeiza, but... boom," tank shells were fired at him from half a mile away.
In a separate interview with The Guardian, that same officer said that at first, his attitude toward invading Gaza was, "I went there because they killed us and now we're going to kill them."
"And I found out that we're not only killing them—we're killing them, we're killing their wives, their children, their cats, their dogs," they added. "We're destroying their houses and pissing on their graves."
Another IDF reservist officer told BTS that he was briefed that "there is no civilian population" in the area, where Palestinians are "terrorists, all of them." Asked what the area looked like after the IDF clearing operation, the officer replied: "Hiroshima."
Poll: Majority of American Adults Have Unfavorable View of Israel
The number of Americans who have a negative opinion of Israel has grown significantly since 2022
A new Pew survey has found that the majority of American adults — 53% — have an unfavorable view of Israel, a figure that has risen in recent years.
In March 2022, Pew conducted a similar poll that found 42% of US adults viewed Israel unfavorably. The rise in the negative view of Israel comes in the wake of Hamas’s October 7 attack and Israel’s unleashing of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which Americans have been able to follow closely on social media.
AIPAC leader BRAGS about SECRET ACCESS to Trump’s top officials in leaked audio
A recording of an off-the-record session from the 2025 Congressional Summit of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) - Israel's top US lobbying power - has been obtained by The Grayzone.
WHAT DID IT EXPOSE?
1️⃣AIPAC cultivated influence among three top national security officials in the Trump administration: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Director Mike Waltz, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, said AIPAC’s CEO, Elliott Brandt.
2️⃣All three “have something in common: they ALL SERVED IN CONGRESS.”
3️⃣After banking on pro-Israel donors to power their campaigns to office, “they all have relationships with key AIPAC leaders from their communities.”
4️⃣“So, the lines of communication are good should there be something questionable or curious, and WE NEED ACCESS to the conversation,” said Brandt.
On CIA chief John Ratcliffe:
💬 “This is a guy that we had a chance to speak to, so there are, there are a lot – I wouldn’t call them lifelines, but there are lifelines in there,” said Brandt.
Brandt’s comments corroborate claims by Kentucky GOP Congressman Thomas Massie.
All of his colleagues have their own “AIPAC guy” paying for trips to Israel and threatening negative attack ads against anyone who says or does something the lobbying group doesn’t like, he revealed last year.
https://t.me/geopolitics_live/48095 Video here.
Highly Recommended for your amusement: Penguins at War over Tariffs!!
LOL! A very amusing use of AI realism...
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