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BeyondGeography

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3. That port is a monument to Trump's trade war games

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 03:51 PM

21 hrs ago

It was conceived during Trump I in no small part to make China less dependent on American soybeans and give it more flexibility in its dealings with the US. Worked like a charm since all they had to do to break him last year was cut off our soybean exports and ramp up imports from Brazil and Argentina shipped from this port.

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In blunt warning, the U.S. says Peru could lose its sovereignty to China [View all] BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago OP

Pot UpInArms 21 hrs ago #1

Like Trump admin "concern" over the Panama canal zone. ChicagoTeamster 21 hrs ago #2

That port is a monument to Trump's trade war games BeyondGeography 21 hrs ago #3

+1 n/t Hugin 8 hrs ago #14

We support Peru's sovereign right to oversee critical infrastructure in its own territory. lapfog_1 21 hrs ago #4

Says the group who has violated Venezuela's sovereignty and wants to invade Greenland. sinkingfeeling 20 hrs ago #5

And Canada, and Mexico. niyad 15 hrs ago #9

WTF. Bullies of the world; Drumpf, Xie and Vlad. Nations are being abused by predatory practices. n/t Evolve Dammit 20 hrs ago #6

Positioning for WWIII OC375 20 hrs ago #7

Trump and his Republican supporters are too obsessed with his anti-immigrant and anti-Democrat agenda to Martin68 16 hrs ago #8

"...cheap Chinese money costs sovereignty." LudwigPastorius 13 hrs ago #10

Who will ever believe our government again? RainCaster 11 hrs ago #11

LIKE VENEZUELA TO THE US?! AND THREATS TO CANADA AND GREENLAND?! MY HEAD ... ColoringFool 9 hrs ago #12

Do you remember a time when the federal government didn't make reactionary passive aggressive statements on social media Hugin 8 hrs ago #13

Sure ... and I can remember way back when there was no such thing as "social media" FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #16

Well that's rich. Maybe someone should warn Venezuela about the US stealing travelingthrulife 4 hrs ago #15