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Belle of the Ranch

Let's talk about Trump, China, rare earths, more tariffs, and data centers....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Let's talk about Trump, China, rare earths, more tariffs, and data centers....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

0:05.0

So today, we're going to talk about Trump, China, rare earths, more tariffs, and data centers.

0:14.0

So, despite Trump constantly claiming victory in the U.S.-Chinese trade fight. We have a new development. Back on May 12th,

0:24.4

the White House issued a statement saying, quote, securing another historic deal. Today, on the heels

0:32.2

of the brand new deal with the United Kingdom, President Donald J. Trump reached an agreement with China to reduce

0:39.9

China's tariff and eliminate retaliation, retain a U.S. baseline tariff on China, and set a path

0:47.5

for future discussions to open market access for American exports. Now, things have soured so much, Trump is threatening to take his

0:57.6

ball, go home, and cancel his meeting with China's leader. China controls about 70% of the

1:05.4

world's rare earth mineral supply. It appears they plan on adding some export controls. Trump posted a novella to social

1:14.5

media that didn't inspire confidence and the markets took a little dive. I'm going to read through

1:21.6

some of his posts. Just know there's a lot more. OK, so it starts with quote,

1:28.8

Some very strange things are happening in China.

1:31.9

They are becoming very hostile and sending letters

1:35.0

to countries throughout the world,

1:37.2

that they want to impose export controls

1:40.1

on each and every element of production

1:42.7

having to do with rare earths, and virtually anything

1:46.3

else they can think of, even if it's not manufactured in China. Then he rambles about how this

1:54.6

is bad for all countries, but especially for China. He then wrote,

2:07.4

We have been contacted by other countries who are extremely angry at this great trade hostility,

2:09.1

which came out of nowhere.

2:14.3

Our relationship with China over the past six months has been a very good one,

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