Hey, it's Will Salatin from the Bullwork. So this weekend, Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State,

went to Germany. And he told our European allies to watch out. He told them that they were too

dependent on one country and that that country could use its leverage to extort them. Now, he was talking about China, but what I want to

show you is what Rubio didn't say. There's another country that also has way, way too much

leverage over Europe. And that country is already extorting the Europeans. And that country is us,

the United States. So let me show you first what Rubio said. And then I'm going to show you

Rubio's boss, Donald Trump, who is exactly the kind of predator, Rubio, was talking about.

Let me take you back two weeks.

Now, this is Rubio at a press conference in Washington.

He's talking about the world's dependence on China.

That's the key goal of a critical mineral supply,

and today it's heavily concentrated in the hands of one country.

And that lends itself to, at worst case scenario, being used as a tool of leverage in geopolitics.

So there's the warning. One country has too much leverage. Okay. So now let's fast forward

to Saturday when Rubio spoke at the Munich Security Conference.

Here he is telling the Europeans that their dependence on China has made them vulnerable.

And the loss of our supply chain sovereignty was not a function of a prosperous and healthy

system of global trade. It was foolish. It was a foolish but voluntary transformation of our economy

that left us dependent on others for our needs

and dangerously vulnerable to crisis.

And specifically, Rubio said that Europe should work with America

to reduce our dependence on China and to avoid Chinese extortion. It should also be

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