The Wall Street Journal is reporting that U.S. automakers are seeking a workaround to avoid increased expenses resulting from President Donald Trump’s controversial tariff policy: relocating manufacturing to China.

“Four major automakers are racing to find workarounds to China’s stranglehold on rare-earth magnets, which they fear could force them to shut down some car production within weeks,” the Journal reports. “Several traditional and electric-vehicle makers—and their suppliers—are considering shifting some auto-parts manufacturing to China to avoid looming factory shutdowns, people familiar with the situation said.”

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    This is on-brand. In the same style Putin’s war to keep Ukraine from increasing the size of NATO with its inclusion caused traditionally neutral countries of Sweden and Finland to quickly join NATO.

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      Not all fuckups are fascist, but all fascists are fuckups. They just can’t help themselves - an authoritarian life is a a desperate life full of violence, hatred, and fear.

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        The problem with getting rid of everyone who tells you things you don’t want to hear is that bad things still happen to you but now they always come as a surprise.