We borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture.

That is not a recipe for economic prosperity.

Vice President J.D. Vance, defending the Trump administration's tariffs on China,

hit China squarely below the belt.

And China hit back with memes.

Cue music.

Americans on assembly lines at sewing machines

in fields, eating chips, drinking Coke, looking ill-prepared

for factory work, to put it politely, which the memes are not.

China's argument since this trade war began is that America cannot win it.

China is tougher, more resilient, and better prepared.

On today explained, as this trade war escalates, we ask, what if that's true? Hey, it's Cam Hayward, defense tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers and host of Not Just Football

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