Staff Reports
President Trump just showed the world how to stand up to China’s latest act of economic aggression — and frankly, it should have happened years ago. Beijing’s decision to slam the door shut on rare earth mineral exports and slap on new restrictions for critical technology is not just a trade skirmish. This is a bold, hostile move aimed at strangling the backbone of American innovation and military strength. China thinks America will roll over, but Trump’s sharp response tells them they’ve picked a fight with the wrong country.
Rare earth minerals are the lifeblood of everything from cutting-edge chips to electric car batteries and advanced weaponry. China owns the lion’s share of the global supply chain—90 percent of the processing power, to be exact. And now they want to weaponize that monopoly, cutting off American companies and forcing the U.S. to beg for Beijing’s permission to access the materials it needs. It’s economic blackmail. And yet, while the left-wing swamp over Washington dithers and bickers with budget shutdowns and weak-handed diplomacy, Trump is slapping on tariffs doubling the current rates and warning of even tighter export controls on American tech.
Let’s be clear: the so-called “tariff truce” earlier this year was a one-way street with China running red lights the whole way. The “average” U.S. tariff on Chinese goods sits around 57 percent, while China slaps only half that on American products. This isn’t fair trade — this is a deliberate strategy to crush American industry and innovation under an unfair playing field. And while the globalists in D.C. sit on their hands, hoping for a business-as-usual reset with Beijing, Trump’s no-nonsense approach cuts through the nonsense. Canceling a planned sit-down with Xi Jinping isn’t just a power move — it’s a refusal to reward bad behavior.
President @realDonaldTrump criticizes China’s new rules restricting rare earth exports for being “extraordinarily aggressive.” He is imposing an additional 100 percent tariff on China on top of all existing tariffs—raising the baseline to 130 percent. pic.twitter.com/K7ZyWoplWX
— China in Focus – NTD (@ChinaInFocusNTD) October 11, 2025
The timing of China’s crackdown? No coincidence. They saw a divided and distracted America — thanks to Democrat incompetence and the paralysis of the federal government — and decided to make their move. Beijing’s new export rules are effectively an economic nuclear attack on the U.S. semiconductor and AI industries. They want to choke American tech dominance before it can ever threaten the communist regime’s ambitions. But many forget that America’s edge lies not just in rare earths but in semiconductor technology and equipment, where U.S. companies still control over 90 percent of the global market. Trump’s move to hit back with export controls on critical software and tech is not just smart — it’s necessary.
If America doesn’t finally get serious about decoupling from this hostile trading partner, it risks losing the keys to its own economy and national security on China’s terms. The liberal establishment and their globalist cronies keep pushing for open borders and free trade with regimes that openly call us rivals — if not worse. Trump’s tough stance is a wake-up call that security and sovereignty come before cheap gadgets and fancy supply chains. America cannot afford to be soft. When China tries to flex its muscle, it needs a firm fist in return. Otherwise, how long before these “export controls” turn into outright blackouts on our own way of life?
China’s making its move. Trump’s fighting back. So here’s a question to the rest of America’s so-called leaders: are you going to stand up and defend the country, or continue bowing to communist tyranny while our competitors take control of tomorrow’s technology? Enough talk. Time for action.
