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erronis

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Sat May 3, 2025, 01:55 PM May 2025

It's Going So Well -- Digby [View all]

https://digbysblog.net/2025/05/03/its-going-so-well/

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" target="_blank">Arnaud Bertrand:

In matters of geopolitics, failures hardly ever get clearer than this. A mere 3 weeks ago, Scott Bessent’s stated objective for the tariffs was to use them to get Japan to agree to a “grand encirclement” strategy to isolate China . Fast forward to today:




In other words, a policy intended to isolate China is achieving the exact opposite outcome and isolating the United States instead.

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It's Going So Well -- Digby [View all] erronis May 2025 OP
That's a surprise isn't it. Biophilic May 2025 #1
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