A new Pew Research Center survey finds more people worldwide now trust China over the United States. The story isn't the numbers — it's what produced them, and why a change in administration won't automatically reverse them.
U.S. rare earth miners backed by the Trump administration are selling their output to Japan and South Korea because domestic buyers don't exist. The reshoring strategy funded extraction — and skipped everything that comes after.
While China manufactures the hardware of the global energy transition, the U.S. is doubling down on fossil fuels — and the geopolitical cost of that bet is already arriving.
The UN Security Council voted 11-2 on reopening the Strait of Hormuz. China and Russia vetoed. While Trump threatens to destroy a civilization, China offers itself as the stable alternative.