"I wonder if any other country has gone way out of it’s way to try to provoke a shooting war with its largest trading partner"
I dunno. Maybe Sparta and Athens.
It's possible that the idea is to revive manufacturing by forbidding the world to trade with China. This would have to be accompanied by a big devaluation of the dollar. This is coming no matter what.
"I wonder if any other country has gone way out of it’s way to try to provoke a shooting war with its largest trading partner"
I dunno. Maybe Sparta and Athens.
It's possible that the idea is to revive manufacturing by forbidding the world to trade with China. This would have to be accompanied by a big devaluation of the dollar. This is coming no matter what.
Seems like there could be an easier way to revive manufacturing then starting a nuclear war. Just say'n ...