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Amaryllis

(11,402 posts)
Thu May 7, 2026, 10:53 AM Thursday

China just announced it will not recognise or enforce US sanctions. Translation: go fuck yourself, Donald.

https://ifloz.substack.com/p/drumpf-just-got-told-to-get-fucked

Much more at link

While the fluorescent-lit gameshow corpse was busy paused-not-paused on Project Freedom, Beijing quietly took a sledgehammer to 70 years of US financial dominance.

On May 2nd, China’s commerce ministry issued an order, the first of its kind, stating that China shall not recognise or enforce sanctions imposed by the United States. Not a leak. Not a rumour. An official fucking ministerial order. China is now legally instructing its companies to ignore Washington’s sanctions regime and keep trading with whoever the fuck they want, including Iran.

If you’ve been waiting for the moment the US empire stopped being able to dictate global trade by waving a pen and a press release, congratulations. You just lived through it.

Here’s France 24 laying it out:

Well, there’s been no reaction from Tehran so far to the US’s abrupt U-turn. The country’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, is in Beijing holding talks with his Chinese counterpart. China is a key customer for Iranian oil, defying sanctions imposed by the United States. The talks come as Washington calls on China to put pressure on Araghchi to loosen Tehran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. Beijing is playing the long game. Five Chinese companies have been put on the blacklist recently, faced with transaction bans and asset freezes. And on May 2nd, China’s commerce ministry issued for the first time an order stating that China shall not recognise or enforce sanctions imposed by the US. Donald Trump has changed international norms, and China is now really leaning into this situation and taking a page out of his book by encouraging Chinese companies to defy international sanctions. Beijing has really set a precedent that could change how global trade and international financial systems look like in the future.

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China just announced it will not recognise or enforce US sanctions. Translation: go fuck yourself, Donald. (Original Post) Amaryllis Thursday OP
Donald Trump is making everyone but America great again. dalton99a Thursday #1
Has he called off the trip yet? malaise Thursday #2
Jet fuel is so expensive now courtesy of King Donald. Maybe he'll run... OGBuzz Thursday #17
Trump thought he was creating dominance; instead he created a vacuum into which stable countries stepped Fiendish Thingy Thursday #3
Nope. No Boss. The Boss sang Streets of Minneapolis which went to number 1 in 19 countries two days after release. Amaryllis Thursday #4
Meanwhile China had agreed to Obamas Iran deal Johonny Thursday #5
boy genius Whip-poor-will Thursday #8
I'm still waiting for someone who is debating Diaperdon KS Toronado Thursday #14
Trump would have trouble swong19104 Thursday #18
He did make quite an effort to educate us all on the difference between see and sea yesterday. tanyev Thursday #21
sea/see, wow I missed that one yesterday KS Toronado Friday #29
Oh, yes. He's a genius, you know. His uncle taught at MIT, you know. tanyev Friday #30
Stable genius Whip-poor-will Thursday #6
Trump badgolfer Thursday #7
The Mafia Boss swong19104 Thursday #19
Another crime to add to the impeachment charges! Initech Thursday #9
Yup, the translation is correct. republianmushroom Thursday #10
The trip should be very interesting malaise Thursday #11
Yup but short. republianmushroom Thursday #13
If it happens. Amaryllis Thursday #15
Indeed malaise Thursday #16
Isn't it interesting that... Escape Thursday #22
Dumb-Fuck. BurnDoubt Thursday #12
Imagine......... Ford_Prefect Thursday #20
And that will lead to two things for us. PatrickforB Thursday #23
Krasnov has three options. GoodRaisin Thursday #24
This is now the Chinese century orthoclad Thursday #25
The US is no longer respected as a world leader. Irish_Dem Thursday #26
The beginning of the end of both parties' administrations' favorite coercion tool. RockRaven Thursday #27
And we'll never know all the ways this hurts us because the gop no lindysalsagal Thursday #28

OGBuzz

(517 posts)
17. Jet fuel is so expensive now courtesy of King Donald. Maybe he'll run...
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:00 PM
Thursday

out of gas somewhere over the Pacific.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,916 posts)
3. Trump thought he was creating dominance; instead he created a vacuum into which stable countries stepped
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:01 AM
Thursday

If you go around swinging your dick on the global stage, you’re not The Boss, you’re just a moron who increased his chances of getting kicked in the balls,

Amaryllis

(11,402 posts)
4. Nope. No Boss. The Boss sang Streets of Minneapolis which went to number 1 in 19 countries two days after release.
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:05 AM
Thursday

TRump can't compete.

Johonny

(26,519 posts)
5. Meanwhile China had agreed to Obamas Iran deal
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:27 AM
Thursday

But I'm sure Trump is going to end up with a much better deal because he's so smart and strong...

KS Toronado

(23,803 posts)
14. I'm still waiting for someone who is debating Diaperdon
Thu May 7, 2026, 12:29 PM
Thursday

on live TV to ask him to spell easy words like coffee or President.

swong19104

(655 posts)
18. Trump would have trouble
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:03 PM
Thursday

spelling “bee” even if you spot him the “b” and the second “e”.

tanyev

(49,599 posts)
21. He did make quite an effort to educate us all on the difference between see and sea yesterday.
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:13 PM
Thursday

Probably because he was on the receiving end of that explanation earlier.

KS Toronado

(23,803 posts)
29. sea/see, wow I missed that one yesterday
Fri May 8, 2026, 08:06 AM
Friday

Sounds like something a kindergarten teacher would teach.

tanyev

(49,599 posts)
30. Oh, yes. He's a genius, you know. His uncle taught at MIT, you know.
Fri May 8, 2026, 08:23 AM
Friday
Trump made the remark during a White House Mother’s Day event on Wednesday, slipping into the tangent while discussing crime.

“You see drug traffic coming into our country is way down,” he told a crowd of military mothers gathered in the East Room. “And by sea, by sea, by ocean, by the water.”

“You know a lot of people say ‘what do you mean by sea?’ Is it see, like vision? No it’s sea, S-E-A,” the 79-year-old president continued.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-gavin-newsom-cognitive-test-sea-b2972234.html

Whip-poor-will

(467 posts)
6. Stable genius
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:49 AM
Thursday

That's what the guy shoveling horseshit in a stable thinks he is, if given the chance.

badgolfer

(302 posts)
7. Trump
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:49 AM
Thursday

Trump thought he could bully everyone in the world.

But the Mafia Boss routine is running out of would be victims who have decided to stand up.

swong19104

(655 posts)
19. The Mafia Boss
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:04 PM
Thursday

routine works fine when the boss is the big fish in a small pond. But when it’s just a regular sized fish in a huge ocean, it doesn’t work at all.

Initech

(109,162 posts)
9. Another crime to add to the impeachment charges!
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:51 AM
Thursday

Fuck Trump and this whole nightmare regime. May they all rot in hell.

Escape

(510 posts)
22. Isn't it interesting that...
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:14 PM
Thursday

Xi Jinping is 5'10" tall and Donald Trump claims to be 6'3".....yet, when standing side by side, they are the same height?

PatrickforB

(15,510 posts)
23. And that will lead to two things for us.
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:48 PM
Thursday

First, we will find ourselves under the iron boot of bankers imposing austerity. What this is likely to look like is we will have the heck taxed out of us but all programs that benefit us will be cut because we own $39 trillion to the bankers.

Second, prices will continue to increase, while companies begin layoffs. So we will have higher unemployment and many people will begin to not be able to make ends meet while at the same time social safety nets are being reduced to fund the irresponsible tax cuts for corporations and billionaires.

The Donald really has done a bang-up job helping Putin and Russia finally WIN the cold war, hasn't he?

GoodRaisin

(11,018 posts)
24. Krasnov has three options.
Thu May 7, 2026, 02:29 PM
Thursday

1. Take the strait by force, which will cost more American lives, which he doesn’t want to do before the mid term elections.

2. Take down his blockade, sail home, and declare end to the war. The problem with this option is that Iran will still control the strait and will probably not go along with it.

3. Keep lying, and we will all still be here next month, etc., while he does nothing.

I predict that the ignorant buffoon will take option 3.

orthoclad

(4,817 posts)
25. This is now the Chinese century
Thu May 7, 2026, 03:56 PM
Thursday

We had our turn at empire and blew it. The US has been in decline for generations, and now the Reich wing has irrevocably broken it.

China also has billionaires now, but they shoot them when they get out of line.

Interesting article:
"China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/23/china-us-poverty-income-inequality

Irish_Dem

(82,152 posts)
26. The US is no longer respected as a world leader.
Thu May 7, 2026, 04:14 PM
Thursday

China will step into the vacant spot gladly.

lindysalsagal

(22,984 posts)
28. And we'll never know all the ways this hurts us because the gop no
Thu May 7, 2026, 05:16 PM
Thursday

Longer collects or disseminates economic data. This is how putin fools the Russians. All the federal workers who used to monitor world economics were fired.

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