Tariffs to Cause Huge Shortages in Critical Rare-Earth
Leo Higgins
Looks like the tariffs have struck us in the backside yet again, in another exercise of President Trump’s penchant for creating unforeseen consequences in mindless “statecraft.” This time, due to the overall shortsighted tariff policy (aimed, as a practical matter, mostly at China), China has embargoed 7 rare-earth minerals which are essential for many “defense related” components to our high end weapons systems, and which are equally vital in many civilian uses, as well.
This shortsightedness is becoming more and more typical of the mercurial pronouncements of President Trump, I’m afraid. While it is doubtless true that the overall picture would have been even bleaker under Harris, it does no good for conservatives to bury our heads in the sand regarding Trump’s strategic gaffes and moral lapses. His thinking is almost pure impulsiveness and flailing “reaction,” there is no “wisdom” behind any of it, it seems. And his choices for advisors – especially in military and foreign affairs – are leading him to make the same mistake of surrounding himself with backstabbing neocons of the same “quality” that permeated his administration the last time around. From backing Israeli genocide in Gaza, to seriously undermining the freedom
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