By Sony Thang
Donald, you just gave the world another reason to never trust a deal with you.
One breath, it’s 125%. Next breath, it’s 10%. Today it’s "effective immediately," tomorrow it’s "paused."
Who negotiates with a weather vane?
This isn’t strength—it’s instability.
No serious country bets its future on the mood swings of a man who treats global trade like a slot machine.
You talk about "lack of respect," but what exactly are you showing the world?
Discipline? Honour? Predictability?
You’ve reduced the US position to a coin toss between tantrum and concession.
That’s not policy—it’s pathology.
Let’s be clear. China didn’t "rip off" the US—you handed over your industrial base willingly.
You outsourced for profit, gutted your own working class, and blamed the mirror.
China built. You speculated.
China planned. You printed.
And now, because the empire can no longer compete, you threaten like a drunk gambler blaming the table.
Your "pause" isn’t mercy—it’s leverage gone limp.
You had leverage, once. But after years of burning bridges, tearing up treaties, bullying allies, and contradicting yourself every 48 hours, all you’ve proven is this:
You’re not a partner.
You’re not even a reliable enemy.
You’re an unstable liability in a collapsing system.
And the world sees it.
You say 75 countries called you.
But they didn’t call you because they trust you—they called because they’re trapped in a global system your empire built, and they’re trying to survive it.
They don’t retaliate because they don’t want the kind of instability you export.
Not respect—fear.
Not cooperation—hostage management.
So the real question is: who in their right mind would make a deal with someone who talks like this?
One minute it’s war, the next it’s "thank you for your attention."
You don’t sound like a leader. You sound like a warning.
History won’t remember this as strategy. It’ll remember it as the moment the empire started speaking in tongues—loud, erratic, and irrelevant.
China won’t bend to your incoherence.
No civilization that’s survived 5,000 years gets lectured by one that can’t even survive one election cycle without civil breakdown.
And when your 90 days run out and nothing moves, you’ll blame China again.
But deep down, you know what this is. You’re not punishing China. You’re projecting your own decay.
We see it.
The world sees it.
And you can't tariff your way out of decline.
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