# Trump Checkmates China

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Podcast: [Battleground America Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/battleground-america-podcast-889500)
Published: 2026-04-15T15:07:30+00:00
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## Resource

A year ago, China cut off America's access to rare earth minerals as punishment for defying them. Now Trump is cutting off China's access to oil. Meanwhile, the European countries and the Democrats are still very much allies, and they've chose Iran. (Please subscribe & share.) Sources: https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/04/14/another-brick-in-the-wall-around-china-n4951767 https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/14/will-europes-only-ally-in-the-middle-east-turn-out-to-be-iran-n3813889 https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/how-china-turned-the-red-sea-into-a-strategic-trap-for-the-us/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/08/russia-warship-mocks-starmer-in-channel/?msockid=22cdb8267f7a6494023caf0c7e906568

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