According to an overnight CNN report, Donald Trump’s truce with China in the trade war he created could fall apart after his administration made two unforeseen “bombshell” announcements.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday that the U.S. will “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students” studying in critical fields or if they have connections to the Chinese Communist Party, an announcement which was met with a wave of anger by families in China, many of whom have saved for years to educate their children abroad.
The second blow came after the Financial Times reported that “moves by US President Donald Trump had effectively cut off some American companies from selling software used to design semiconductors to China.”
That one-two punch has reportedly “infuriated” Chinese authorities who felt they had made progress with the volatile Trump as the clock ticks on a 90-day pause on increased tariffs.
The hard truth is that the average person only cares about what affects them personally.
To use a more “fun” example, Nintendo fans freaked out about having to pay $80 when Nintendo’s been scummy towards their most dedicated fans for years prior. The truth is, Nintendo nixing AM2R and Pokémon Uranium didn’t affect the average fan, so they didn’t care.
$80 games? That directly harms their personal finances, so now they’re actually upset (I think people will buy the games anyway barring a recession, but I didn’t major in economics so what do I know).
Propaganda works.