[–] Bindlestiff 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
nope. china's been trying to corner the world market in rare earth minerals. even having old electronics sent to them to be recycled at a very high cost. NK has some of the worlds largest deposits which are basically being mined at slave wages, which are then being sold to china. what does this mean? it means that war with north korea means war with china.
Then a week or two ago japan finds an endless supply for rare earth minerals off their coast. china's plan to corner the market falls apart, and the NK regime loses all the leverage it has with china.
but Trump is going to get the credit anyway, because the public at large can't be allowed to know what is really going on. And that's what makes it all the more sweet. Trump gets blamed endlessly for things he never did like colluding with russia and sexual assault, and now he's getting credit for something he had nothing to do with.