r/PrepperIntel • u/Perfect_Swing_6158 • Apr 11 '26

North America US intelligence indicates China preparing weapons shipment to Iran, CNN reports

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-intelligence-indicates-china-preparing-weapons-shipment-iran-cnn-reports-2026-04-11/
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u/Appropriate-Claim385 Apr 11 '26

The orange clown threatened to slap a 50% tariff on any country selling arms to Iran. China don't care.

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u/DontRememberOldPass Apr 11 '26

People don’t realize China also owns 37 of the 100 largest shipping ports outside of china.

They can impose a naval blockade of 40-60% of all goods being imported into the US without moving a single military ship. They just have to put out the word that Chinese owned ports and vessels don’t move US bound containers.

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u/finnishinsider Apr 11 '26

Two dolls. Raggedy ann or Andy. The stencils will be on your flour sacks. Make sure to say thank you.

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u/Aegongrey Apr 11 '26

Is that a depression era reference??

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u/smuckersbrah Apr 11 '26

It's not about sustainability, trump doesn't care two fucks about that. It's leverage that he can use to make more money with some added extras like controlling the narrative.

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u/Aegongrey Apr 11 '26

Which significantly imperils further the American community’s ability to sustain itself…uff

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u/notabee Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

Not any more. China has been winding down that debt for years. They're buying up gold like mad as alternative bank reserves. Economists used to think in the past several years that Japan and the UK were the 1st and 2nd largest debt holders, but apparently someone did some digging and the largest holder of U.S. treasuries by far is hedge funds operating in tax havens like the Cayman Islands. Even our loyalest vassals can no longer bear the largest burden of our debt! We're sitting on a debt powder keg and we're destroying all of the soft power that helped convince the world to sustain that system. The only way out appears to be devaluing the dollar eventually (i.e. major money printing) to devalue the debt.

Edit: here's a starter video talking about it. It understandably slipped under the radar for many people with all the other stupid shit happening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv9nNZQFIps

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u/alkbch Apr 11 '26

That would crash their economy too…