Trump’s London Collapse; China On Top: The Coming Battle For The Taiwan Straits.

Part III. High Level Decision Making In The Pentagon

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND RECAP OF PARTS I AND II.

Trump’s Collapse

This series was interrupted when Trump inserted the Military into an ICE dragnet of California; the resulting protests and my political commentary on those momentous events. It’s now time to focus on a new international shock: the collapse of Trump’s attempt to steamroll China with massive tariffs and his humiliating capitulation in London yesterday, removing new 145% tariffs and returning trade relations with China to the status quo. But that status quo has irrevocably changed.

The collapse itself is hardly news, but its implications are significant. China is suddenly on top. As the New York Times reported today, China forced the United States to strike the “Liberation Day” 145% tariffs; stalled further negotiations to develop its own strengths using its stranglehold on…