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e40yesterday at 8:20 PM2 repliesview on HN

Over the last few months we've seen announcements of shifts from US-based supply chains to non-US-supply chains. As an American, I think this is prudent, based on what has happened in the last year and change. The US is no longer a reliable partner and this is what you do when that happens.

100 years from now, the last 15 months will be written about in no uncertain terms: this administration has loaded many footguns and pulled the trigger, over ideologies which are just plain stupid. "America First" indeed. Soft power is power. "Forever" wars are wars we shouldn't be in. Retribution by POTUS acting like a 5 year old is disgusting no matter what party that person came from.

It will take decades to recover from what has and will happen during this administration's run. Let's hope the power they have ends in November 2026 and not Nov 2028.


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felooboolooombayesterday at 9:58 PM

> no longer a reliable partner

That's putting it mildly. Threatening to invade allies justifies stronger words.

throwaway85825yesterday at 8:23 PM

Look around you. What products do you own with a US supply chain and what has a Chinese supply chain.

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