the trump show may be reaching a crescendo but its too soon to be sure. lets see what larry has to say about it;

The quantity of rare-earth metals required to produce one unit of US military equipment:

• 400kg F-35 fighter
• 2300kg Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
• 4100kg Virginia-class multi-purpose nuclear submarine

Trump has made a very bad bet. He thought that imposing exorbitant tariffs on China would force Beijing to beg Washington for relief. That ain’t going to happen. The Chinese are livid and are reacting as if the United States attacked and destroyed a fleet of their ships. China has more cards to play than does Donald Trump, and they have the political will to play them.

Finally, there is Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky has been launching a barrage of verbal bombs at President Trump and Vice President Vance during the past week. I doubt Trump is going to put up with his crap much longer. There are signs that the US is starting to pull the plug of Operation Ukraine. For example, the US military is shutting down its operations at the Polish Rzheszov base. Note, this base went operational in November 2021, which provides further support to my thesis (presented in my article on Tuesday) that the US was provoking the war with Russia in order to weaken Russia and force it to come to the side of the West......more......