trump trade war- is he prepared for China to take rare earth metals off the table???

[Gonzomin]

so use a year old cell phone instead of buying a new one......

So you do not know how many products for people and businesses use rare earth metals. You think keeping your phone will fix the problem. Damn you are ignorant. You could have looked it up. The phones are not even made in the US. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-17357863

[Gonzomin]

We have rare earth metals in America. We can restart our mining if forced to. But it is dirty and the chemicals released are deadly. https://e360.yale.edu/features/boom_...ng_toxic_risks

[zymurgy]

oooh scary

/sarcasm

Nothing rare about it. This would be a 4-6 month hiccup at best

[zymurgy]

We have rare earth metals in America. We can restart our mining if forced to. But it is dirty and the chemicals released are deadly. https://e360.yale.edu/features/boom_...ng_toxic_risks

right.

so lets subsidize phone costs so everyone can afford them as disposable things - and have China produce it at slave labor costs - all the while we pretend we care about green causes cause we are so progressively minded

that in a nutshell is the American left.

[PostmodernProphet]

Some would rather die than not have the latest iphone.......

far be it from me to stand in their way.......

[PostmodernProphet]

So you do not know how many products for people and businesses use rare earth metals.

doesn't matter....don't buy any of them......

[Gonzomin]

right.

so lets subsidize phone costs so everyone can afford them as disposable things - and have China produce it at slave labor costs - all the while we pretend we care about green causes cause we are so progressively minded

that in a nutshell is the American left.

Who the fuck said that? Oh yeah, it was you. I merely pointed out why we abandoned our own rare earth metals mining. We could get it cheaper and not poison our country, so we did.

[Gonzomin]

doesn't matter....don't buy any of them......

You really should seek help. That still makes no sense.

[Bill]

He's too stupid to realize that the looks like a moron every time he has to deliver a speech. Most people would try to improve over the last fiasco, by simply letting advisers help them to prepare.

That is what they kept telling us, once he won a state, after super tues, oh, after he gets the nom, oh after he gets elected-IT NEVER HAPPENED-he's the same immature kid he was from the jump.........

he does not study or learn, shines on advisers & takes his gut feelings seriously, & acts..

I dunno even why it is called gut feelings instead of what it is, IMPULSIVE.. IMHO gut feeling seems to imply some knowledge/history/back ground etc-he lacks that in most cases...

[Bill]

oooh scary

/sarcasm

Nothing rare about it. This would be a 4-6 month hiccup at best

If you highlight the text in green, everyone will know it is sarcasm..

They call them rare earth metals for the hell of it??

I think for some, even a 4-6 month hiccup is going to mean big, YUGEly big losses...

Can you present something to support your opinion here??

[zymurgy]

If you highlight the text in green, everyone will know it is sarcasm..

They call them rare earth metals for the hell of it??

I think for some, even a 4-6 month hiccup is going to mean big, YUGEly big losses...

Can you present something to support your opinion here??

Slime Fish were renamed to Orange Roughy for marketing reasons

nothing rare about rare earth metals. They were called this because they are spread very evenly over the Earth, so it is hard to find a lot in one place.

[Bill]

Slime Fish were renamed to Orange Roughy for marketing reasons

nothing rare about rare earth metals. They were called this because they are spread very evenly over the Earth, so it is hard to find a lot in one place.

Was a great marketing gimmick, now you can't find it any more in the stores..

Maybe because it is hard to find a lot in one place they gave it that name???

Because the difficulty of finding them etc I think it could pose a problem, I am still curious why you think it won't be disruptive??

Hey, it is all speculative, they might not even pull that, although if they get pissed off I don't see why they won't.....

[zymurgy]

Was a great marketing gimmick, now you can't find it any more in the stores..

Maybe because it is hard to find a lot in one place they gave it that name???

Because the difficulty of finding them etc I think it could pose a problem, I am still curious why you think it won't be disruptive??

Hey, it is all speculative, they might not even pull that, although if they get pissed off I don't see why they won't.....

I said the disruption would amount to months - so I obviously acknowledge a disruption,

this is so rare - it is evenly spread across the globe. - and China is so stupid they thing they can hold tough against something that they have no more of then anyone else

only idiots fall for dumb stuff.

[Truth Detector]

That is what they kept telling us, once he won a state, after super tues, oh, after he gets the nom, oh after he gets elected-IT NEVER HAPPENED-he's the same immature kid he was from the jump.........

he does not study or learn, shines on advisers & takes his gut feelings seriously, & acts..

I dunno even why it is called gut feelings instead of what it is, IMPULSIVE.. IMHO gut feeling seems to imply some knowledge/history/back ground etc-he lacks that in most cases...

Would you like a list of the broken promises and failures of the Obama Presidency? Yet you said nothing and defended Obamunsim for eight fucking years.

No one gives a fuck what hypocritical leftist liars bloviate about against Trump. NO ONE.

[Althea]

That is what they kept telling us, once he won a state, after super tues, oh, after he gets the nom, oh after he gets elected-IT NEVER HAPPENED-he's the same immature kid he was from the jump.........

he does not study or learn, shines on advisers & takes his gut feelings seriously, & acts..

I dunno even why it is called gut feelings instead of what it is, IMPULSIVE.. IMHO gut feeling seems to imply some knowledge/history/back ground etc-he lacks that in most cases...

Exactly. Remember 'give him a chance' ? Those of us in NY knew exactly what to expect.