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You know what sad? Before all of this we were working with our allies, Canada and Australia to ramp up REE mining and researching advanced processing, know-how we didn't not currently have btw, to reduce the reliance on China.

And then Trump went and fucked all of that up and were up s shit creek without a paddle and shot America's foot and went through the inflatable raft.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

The SHART of the deal.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 36 points 3 days ago
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 37 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The best part to all this is ....

Let's rely on a county we regularly demonize to supply critical raw materials for the weapons we rely on to threaten everyone

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 35 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oopsie, Trump's tariffs based on a fake emergency may have created a real emergency.

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

You could even say, that was the plan all along.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Good. The US needs to be defanged and declawed, it's gone rabid.

[–] ryan_e3p@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah, I see our glorious leaders are reaching the "FO" phase of "FAFO".

[–] florencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 days ago

Find out for you, fuck around for them.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 16 points 3 days ago

Oh well, I'm sure Trump can just annex China along with Greenland and Canada. Don't sweat it folks. Right after grocery prices come down, I'm sure.

[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago

Some European military need to get over to Greenland ASAP

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 days ago

Oh no! Anyway...

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

I suspect that's not the only CSIS reporting on the heavily-armed and unstable Republicans' dramatized worry over their mineral supply drying up.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago

What is that thumbnail?

It looks so fake