• @wirebeads@lemmy.ca
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    1721 days ago

    I sure hope the U.S. has all the raw iron, coal, uranium, potash and lumber they need to become an island onto themselves. What They don’t? Weird.

    • Em Adespoton
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      1421 days ago

      Trump intends to keep buying it from these countries for the same price. He’ll just charge the American people an extra 50% to access it, instead of charging billionaires and mega corporations taxes.

    • @davel@lemmy.ml
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      521 days ago

      The U.S. is one of the few countries that actually does have sufficient raw resources to be an island unto itself. It would be sub-optimal to be sure, but doable.