Economic Concerns, Tariff Strategy, and Trump’s Geopolitical Maneuvers

List of for­eign car brands’ U.S. mar­ket shares (Hon­da 39%, Hyundai 29%, Nis­san 28%, Porsche 28%, Kia 28%) and high­lights eco­nom­ic warn­ings from hedge fund founder Ray Dalio, who pre­dicts a cri­sis worse than a reces­sion due to U.S. debt, Chi­nese debt hold­ings, and declin­ing man­u­fac­tur­ing, align­ing with Trump and oth­ers’ con­cerns. Trump exempts tech prod­ucts (smart­phones, TVs, semi­con­duc­tors) from tar­iffs to avoid sup­ply chain dis­rup­tions but main­tains pres­sure on Chi­na with fen­tanyl-relat­ed tar­iffs, cit­ing unfair trade prac­tices. The U.S. is nor­mal­iz­ing rela­tions with Rus­sia, with poten­tial Putin-Trump talks and Rus­sia-Ukraine nego­ti­a­tions in Turkey. Iran nuclear talks con­tin­ue in Rome. The text accus­es Zelen­sky of pro­long­ing war for per­son­al gain and urges Trump to counter China’s influence—citing bal­loons, intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty theft, and 277,336 acres of U.S. land ownership—by weak­en­ing Chi­na-Rus­sia ties and lever­ag­ing tar­iffs to nego­ti­ate glob­al sta­bil­i­ty.

• For­eign car brands in the US. 39% of Hon­da, 29% of Hyundai, 28% for Nis­san, Porsche, Kia. 
• Hedge fund founder warns US could see some­thing worse than a reces­sion. Dalio has warned recent­ly about what he said was the unsus­tain­able growth of the US debt and cred­i­tors such as Chi­na hold­ing too much of it, as well as the decline in US man­u­fac­tur­ing, lead­ing to a reliance on oth­er coun­tries for nec­es­sary items, med­ica­tion and raw mate­ri­als. They have been telling you it will be a reces­sion, but now it will be worse. Doesn’t this sound like the warn­ing that Scott Bessent and Trump and Elon have been say­ing day in and day out. 
• Trump exempts some tech prod­ucts from tar­iffs: smart­phones, flat screen tvs, semi­con­duc­tors, etc. Trump knows that pro­duc­tion can not be ramped up in the US quick enough. But we have to make sure we have chips for auto­mo­biles. He is hold­ing back until the appro­pri­ate time. Trump says nobody is get­ting off the hook for unfair trade bal­ances and non mon­e­tary tar­iff bar­ri­ers that oth­er coun­tries have used against us, espe­cial­ly not Chi­na which, by far, treats us the worst. These prod­ucts are sub­ject to the exist­ing 20% Fen­tanyl tar­iffs and they are just mov­ing to a dif­fer­ent tar­iff buck­et. 
• We are nor­mal­iz­ing things with Rus­sia. Chi­na will not finan­cial­ly bail Rus­sia out, they are not able to. Chi­na has been buy­ing prod­ucts from Rus­sia and so has North Korea. The Rus­sians’ need a deal with the US and they can deal with Trump. Krem­lin spokesman says Rus­sia, US make good progress in reestab­lish­ing rela­tions. Rus­sia and Ukraine to hold direct talks in Turkey. Krem­lin texas poten­tial PUtin-Trump meet­ing. 
• Iran nuclear talks are expect­ed to con­tin­ue Sat­ur­day in Rome between the US and Iran, a sec­ond round. 
• Zelen­sky does not want the war to end. If it ends, he is out and his par­lia­ment. No more pay­checks for them. 
• We have to stop Chi­na, float­ing bal­loons across the coun­try, steal­ing our intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty, take back our land that is owned by Chi­na, and sep­a­rate Chi­na and Rus­sia rela­tion­ship. Trump is dri­ving a wedge between Chi­na and Rus­sia. Trump will put Rus­sia back on the world stage and in return Rus­sia will make Iran go to the table. Xi is going to Viet­nam to stop them from nego­ti­at­ing with the US. 
• The tar­iffs are play­ing a major role in nego­ti­at­ing and stop­ping the killing.