The Trump Economy

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Originally Posted by Dondilion

Trump is a showman. He knows the Chinese have everyone beaten.

Correction, Trump is a Moron literally speaking. If he knows what you say he does, wouldn't it best best to keep his mouth shut?

With China in full control of supply chain (how soon we forget from the Covid shutdown) and are already beginning to flex their muscles.

In the world of cheap drones, Skydio was the great American hope. Its autonomous flying machines gave the U.S. defense and police agencies an alternative to Chinese manufacturers, free from the security concerns tied to dependence on Chinese supply chains.

But Skydio’s vulnerabilities came into sharp focus days before the U.S. presidential election, when the Chinese authorities imposed sanctions and severed the company’s access to essential battery supplies.

Overnight, the San Mateo, Calif.-based Skydio, the largest American maker of drones, scrambled to find new suppliers. The move slowed Skydio’s deliveries to its customers, which include the U.S. military.

“This is an attack on Skydio, but it’s also an attack on you,” Adam Bry, the chief executive, told customers.

San Mateo is just up a few miles north of us from Santa Clara and we are quite familiar with this company.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/b...on-skydio.html