>Aluminum production is extremely electricity-intensive, and US power prices – along with fierce competition for electricity from AI and other high-value industries – have made smelting uneconomical relative to regions with abundant power "
Meanwhile, Trump is f****** up our electricity supply by cancelling all the wind and solar projects funded by Biden and Obama. That drives prices up.
In China, where their leaders aren't stupid, they are paving their deserts with solar panels. The even cover massive water reservoirs with solar panels.
Not only are they planning for a future of limitless energy they can sell to their neighbors (like printing money). They also have become the world leader in EVs.
All of this could have been dominated by the USA. Trump handed it all over to China.
Why does everything Trump does seem to benefit China?
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Dramatic_Original_55Mar 27, 2026
+25
"Why does everything Trump does seem to benefit China?"...Could it be because he's a traitor? I'm just asking.
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Turbulent_Pin7635Mar 27, 2026
+7
Because he is old and has a oil-powered mine.
He saws the rise of US due to control over oil.
US is in third world shape, in his monkey mind oil, coal and IT guys is where the money are.
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throwaway20220717Mar 27, 2026
+15
> Trump handed it all over to China.
> Why does everything Trump does seem to benefit China?
He’s spiteful, compromised, and fairly stupid.
Also, this isn’t fair. He acts for Israel and Russia too.
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clownusMar 27, 2026
+3
His chief electric man Mr Elon has also been throwing wrench in some of these things. Since Tesla has the lion share of EV buyers they have crushed EV subsidies and does nothing to progress green energy.
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EverybodyHasPantsMar 27, 2026
+3
Trump is spending $1Billion of our money to NOT build wind farms and this helps us how? This makes electric bills and goods produced with the potential power cheaper? Donald is craven pedophile grifter and the people that still support him are guilty for the continued suicide of the US.
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Choice-Try-2873Mar 27, 2026
+1
Because some of the major investors in Trump's businesses are the Chinese.
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JaronJervisMar 27, 2026
+12
>the tariff wall has caused domestic aluminum prices to skyrocket, rising much faster than global prices did last year, Bloomberg News [reported](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-11/arconic-arnc-seeks-218-million-of-aluminum-as-trump-tariffs-roil-market) in early February. The “[Midwest premium](https://www.lme.com/en/Metals/Non-ferrous/LME-Aluminium-premiums/LME-Aluminium-Premium-Duty-Paid-US-Midwest-Platts#Price+graph)” – the surcharge American buyers pay above the London Metal Exchange (LME) benchmark – more than doubled after the 50% tariffs took effect, and producers have since [applied *another* surcharge](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-17/top-aluminum-producers-add-markups-as-trump-tariffs-drive-up-consumer-costs) on top of that.
>The Iran war has further inflated prices. Gulf states produce around 8% of the world’s output, and large volumes of aluminum, bauxite, and alumina annually transit the Strait of Hormuz. The strait’s closure and Iranian missile attacks have stopped shipments and idled regional capacity, including at the world’s largest aluminum smelter in Bahrain. Prices on the LME have predictably soared, “panic buying” has ensued, and US prices have moved even higher.
If they ever make a movie of this period of US History it should be called: Donald Trump Bankrupts the World.
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I_who_have_no_needMar 27, 2026
+13
I particularly like the reason why we import from the mideast is that Trump tariffed Canadian aluminum, and after we got hooked on Persian Gulf aluminum, goes and starts a war with Iran. Because that's a stable genius move if ever I have seen one.
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RaspberryCommieMar 27, 2026
+10
Sometimes I wonder if trump's brain even functions. Like yeah, he's a moron. But his reaction to everything is 100% pure id at all times. I wonder if he's some flavor of developmentally impaired
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kaettMar 27, 2026
+6
it's narcissistic personality disorder plus dementia. he's never developed any level of real intelligence because he's never had to.
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SpottswoodeforgodMar 27, 2026
+7
*so far.
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KneeDeepInThe-HooplaMar 27, 2026
+6
Here is yet more proof that on top of all of this guy's moral depravity and character flaws, Trump really is the thickest man to walk God's green earth. This might expain his obsession with the phrase "Low IQ." I'd wager that this moron spent a considerable amount of time beneath a dunce's cap in his formative and adolescent years.
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SloppyPlatypus69Mar 27, 2026
+4
Imagine being the neighbor of the USA. We are the dude with the jacked up truck revving his engine constantly saying how awesome they are.
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FitWrap1959Mar 27, 2026
+3
Do you mind if I add?:
We are the dude with the jacked up truck revving his engine *and shitting his pants while* constantly saying how awesome they are.
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S_A_R_KMar 27, 2026
+3
*dumbest so far
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lh4lolzMar 27, 2026
+2
Not as funny as the tariff on penguins though
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RaymondBeaumontMar 27, 2026
+2
it's not dumb if the point is to make american suck even more.
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literallytwistedMar 27, 2026
-1
Only a fool thinks Trump has ever done the dumbest thing in any category!
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GigMistressMar 27, 2026
+9
Only a fool thinks there is a category left in which Trump hasn't done the dumbest thing.
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literallytwistedMar 27, 2026
+1
I do not believe that he is bound by physics or reality when it comes to stupidity, He is the ultimate moron and has the ability to bend reality itself and make anything dumber.
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GigMistressMar 27, 2026
+2
Ah, I see your point.
I will amend my prior statement to read "...in which Trump hasn't done the dumbest thing that has occurred to date."
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