It’s likely a bunch of things, not one thing, because it’s always a bunch of things.
One thing it is not is 100% Trump himself planning, scheming, and executing.
This shit has been gamed out, likely years ago. There’s a faction of the bourgeoisie that’s been gaming out trade war as a possible solution to the China problem, looking at the grand chessboard through an economic lens. The military, despite what people think, also considers economic warfare as part of its strategic consideration.
So more than likely, Trump is the spokesperson for a faction that has a specific set of plans to counter China and also Trump and his cronies are taking advantage of those sets of plans by finding specific actions within those plans that will rake in massive amounts of personal money.
It’s likely a bunch of things, not one thing, because it’s always a bunch of things.
One thing it is not is 100% Trump himself planning, scheming, and executing.
This shit has been gamed out, likely years ago. There’s a faction of the bourgeoisie that’s been gaming out trade war as a possible solution to the China problem, looking at the grand chessboard through an economic lens. The military, despite what people think, also considers economic warfare as part of its strategic consideration.
So more than likely, Trump is the spokesperson for a faction that has a specific set of plans to counter China and also Trump and his cronies are taking advantage of those sets of plans by finding specific actions within those plans that will rake in massive amounts of personal money.