"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

("Quand l'ennemi fait un faux mouvement, il faut se garder de l'interrompre" --Napoleon)

https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-weak-strongman

Basically, this strategy Trump and Putin and their ilk do never works outside of their little bubble. Their whole game is to tear everyone else in their sphere of influence down to their level, so that they can compete effectively and dominate, but there are always significant threats outside of the sphere. Against which we are now more or less powerless.

They're not really ignoring him though. They've discontinued exports of rare earth and are dumping debt. It's a calculated strategic response to capitalise on an epic mistake.

This only works if you're China. Most other countries would just be ignored

"secret"

China discovers the secret to life:

Don't feed the trolls.

I hope other leaders learn from this.