The Trumps & Elon tweets thread (Had to make this since it's never ending)

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For now. Military threatening exercises encircling the island every now and then are to send a message.

Those exercises were a joke. Leave at sun up, return at sun down and after five days pack up and go home.

Who fights a war like this

China can never take Taiwan ever. That's the part you're not getting

Well, can't sell much to world's most ruthlessly efficient manufacturing and logistic network. Don't know how we can blame them for that.

No, they were interfering. How come these countries manage to sell elsewhere? China broke the system and Trump will make them pay for it.

Just like how India lacks a credible opposition, USA and world lacks a credible trade backup to load-balance against China. India is the only option, but we have to perform 10x better for years to reach there. Let's see how it goes.

You're not getting it. Proxies gone means China is exposed with it's back to the wall. Can't go forward or back. That's when they settle

 

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Trump is fking lier, a pimp and also president of USA.

Edit - Adding more context

Source: https://time.com/7280106/trump-interview-100-days-2025/

Will you call President Xi if he doesn't call you? No.

You won't? Nope.

Has he called you yet? Yep.

When did he call you? He's called. And I don't think that's a sign of weakness on his behalf.

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Trump lies so much that he even believes it himself. This is why I said earlier anything he says must be confirmed by the other parties, from China to EU to Canada to Mexico to Japan, the list goes on.

 

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Anti jihadi, anti CCP = friend

Why do you people not get that

 

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Trump was interesting in Season 1, but now he is just sour.

 

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He was a newbie in Season 1 and had to learn the ropes

Season 2 is where he gets more things done

100 days over. His review is looking pretty good

 

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The orangutan continues to fleece his flock.

https://www.trumpstore.com/product/trump-2028-hat/

https://www.trumpstore.com/product/trump-2028-shirt/?attribute_pa_size=small&attribute_pa_color=red

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/technology/trump-private-dinner-crypto-memecoin.html

 

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He was a newbie in Season 1 and had to learn the ropes

Season 2 is where he gets more things done

100 days over. His review is looking pretty good

Trump gave China biggest leg up by uniting the Chinese people to fight against trump, the supervillain. Seriously stupid stuff.

 

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Why do you people not get that

People got his ideas very well, that his how he got voted.
What people are liking is he way of processing and executing those ideas.
Vivek Ramaswamy had sensed this earlier, either got pushed out or seems moved out cautiously.

 

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People got his ideas very well, that his how he got voted.

I meant here in India

 

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It’s like looking back at Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars (comment copied from youtube)

 

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Screengrab from a movie. Can't remember the name. Scene from around Wall St. NYC. Circa 97-98.

He wasn't even running then but people thought he should

 

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He wasn't even running then but people thought he should

He even might've arranged a PR agency to pay for it, given the antics he does.

btw:

Beijing seizes tiny sandbank in South China Sea

State media releases pictures of five coastguard officials stood on the strategic reef with a Chinese flag.

www.bbc.com

Sandy Cay is near a Philippine military outpost on Thitu Island, which Manila reportedly uses to track Chinese movements in the area.
No worries, it's just a tiny sand bank /s

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/27/china-us-tariffs-machinery-manufacturing/

Tariffs cause turmoil for US and Canadian farmers' machinery manufacturers

Around a recent Canadian farm show, salespeople of equipment struggled to close deals with farmers who were worried about tariffs. Some combines can cost more than $800,000. A surprise tariff hike would mean a big hit to most farm budgets. The Trump administration spared Canada's global tariffs...

energynews.oedigital.com

Solution:

https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/china-manufacturers-move-us-factories-production-tariff-war-donald-trump-125042700109_1.html

So now, USA normies can work in Chinese factory shops...

 

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In the 2000s and early 2010s, when you said “globalization”, it often just meant “moving manufacturing to China”, but that’s pretty much over; inbound foreign direct investment to China has fallen off a cliff, and companies are now trying to pull their money out. Blame a combination of rising labor costs, the closing off of the Chinese domestic market, and “de-risking” over fears of war.

China is trying to kneecap Indian manufacturing

An attempt to head off its only future rival.

www.noahpinion.blog

He thinks the US might not be much help for India when it comes to manufacturing. I don't agree with that. The Americans have seen building India up as a bulwark to China is in their interest. Since the early 2000s

Americans don't want dominant powers on either end of the Eurasian land mass. India doesn't want a Sinocentric Asia.

 

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US might not be much help for India when it comes to manufacturing.

If USA by itself want to be a manufacturing hub, helping India may not interest them.

The Americans have seen building India up as a bulwark to China is in their interest. Since the early 2000s

That's frigging 25 years and still we are here...

India doesn't want a Sinocentric Asia.

With this, can see how thing go:
India may allow up to 26% Chinese equity in certain Indian electronic components JVs: Sources
Sources said Chinese companies are increasingly willing to accept conditions for investing in India, viewing it as a critical growth market amid fears that the tariff war with the US could make their products too expensive there...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/india-may-allow-up-to-26-chinese-equity-in-certain-indian-electronics-components-jvs-sources-13006724.html

 

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If USA by itself want to be a manufacturing hub, helping India may not interest them.

Not the US as a country but American companies.

That's frigging 25 years and still we are here...

So early on they figured India would be on their side.

With this, can see how thing go:
India may allow up to 26% Chinese equity in certain Indian electronic components JVs: Sources
Sources said Chinese companies are increasingly willing to accept conditions for investing in India, viewing it as a critical growth market amid fears that the tariff war with the US could make their products too expensive there...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/india-may-allow-up-to-26-chinese-equity-in-certain-indian-electronics-components-jvs-sources-13006724.html

Comment on the article I've posted

 

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Not the US as a country but American companies.

Business in America is Business. They both are the same, otherwise there will be a conflict of interest.

So early on they figured India would be on their side.

They might have figured it early, but we still didn't change much.

Comment on the article I've posted

If India properly monitor the situation, can be mutually beneficial.

 

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Business in America is Business. They both are the same, otherwise there will be a conflict of interest.

Correct. Big conflict of interest. Which should tell you the US state and US corporates are not on the same page. They have not been so for a long time now.

That is why Trump had to turn things around. When these corporates understood he would win they knew the good old days were over and they all started making contributions to his campaign.

They might have figured it early, but we still didn't change much.

Nuke deal. They could have continued with sanctions but stopped. Big difference.

If India properly monitor the situation, can be mutually beneficial.

There is no mutually beneficial. This is a zero sum game. India win means China lose.

China has always been the enemy.

They are trying to prevent us from developing and will use every trick in the book.

 

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When these corporates understood he would win they knew the good old days were over and they all started making contributions to his campaign.

They will change their stance any moment. Just giving lobbying money does not means they support him out of loyalty or long-term interest.

Nuke deal. They could have continued with sanctions but stopped. Big difference.

At that time, sanctions were not making much difference, Indian diplomacy and American business interests (especially in IT) worked will.
Nuke deal, India played them well. They thought extremely expensive western corporations will rule India selling and servicing nuclear power tech. After signing the deal, India went it's won way.

China has always been the enemy.
They are trying to prevent us from developing and will use every trick in the book.

As mentioned earlier, India have no real friends.
Indian trade deficit with China vs USA will give you enough clue about zero sum game.

 

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They will change their stance any moment. Just giving lobbying money does not means they support him out of loyalty or long-term interest.

They are supporting him out of fear.

At that time, sanctions were not making much difference, Indian diplomacy and American business interests (especially in IT) worked will.

Yes they did. Hindered western tech going to India. They were imposed as a result of our nuclear testing.

Nuke deal, India played them well. They thought extremely expensive western corporations will rule India selling and servicing nuclear power tech. After signing the deal, India went it's won way.

Short term yes and for a lot of Americans the matter rests there because they only see the business angle and not the geopolitical one. But that is OK, what matters is USG does and its bipartisan

As mentioned earlier, India have no real friends.

Are you going to admit China is an enemy and will as the article states try to 'kneecap' us?

Indian trade deficit with China vs USA will give you enough clue about zero sum game.

We don’t subsidise our deficit with China by surplus from the US like a lot of other countries who are going to get hit by tariffs and see their growth rates stagnate if not drop. But our growth rate will continue since it's been shown the tariffs effect on our total exports is negligible