“Trump Understands This–China Would Destroy Us” - This is Why We NEED to Manufacture in America from the Shawn Ryan Clips channel, discusses the critical need for the United States to rebuild its domestic manufacturing base to counter the immense economic leverage held by China.
Summary of the Video’s Core Argument
The speaker argues that decades of outsourcing and globalism have made the U.S. extremely vulnerable, a vulnerability that China could exploit to its economic and geopolitical advantage.
1. The Threat of Economic Destruction
The speaker contends that the greatest threat from China is not a military one, but an economic one:
Vulnerability to Dictatorial Action: Because the U.S. does not manufacture key products, it has “no leverage” and has essentially handed power to everyone else [00:46]. A dictator in China could “destroy our economy overnight” simply by signing a few documents [01:07].
The “First Missile” is Financial: The first action against the U.S. won’t be a missile; it will be China’s leader, Xi, using his authority to cripple American corporations and jobs [01:32]. The speaker claims Xi could destroy millions of U.S. jobs and trillions in market cap literally overnight [02:27].
2. The Solution: Manufacturing & Tariffs
The speaker advocates for immediate and aggressive steps to restore domestic manufacturing:
Pro-Tariff Stance: Though a libertarian, the speaker states they are now “Pro tariffs until we have our own house in order” [02:57].
Speed is Possible: The notion that it would take “years or decades” to set up factories is dismissed as “bogus” [03:12]. The speaker cites the U.S. transformation into the world’s most powerful manufacturing hub in just one and a half to two years during World War II as proof that it can be done quickly if made a priority [03:25].
3. The Workforce Crisis and “Defector Visas”
The primary hurdle to rebuilding the manufacturing base is the lack of a skilled workforce:
Talent Drain: Due to globalism, no smart American student wants to be a manufacturing process engineer because there are so few jobs in the country [03:55]. Smart students opt for fields like finance and biotech instead [04:16].
The Defector Visa Proposal: The speaker proposes bringing back “Defector Visas” [05:07], a concept used during the Cold War. This policy would be specifically designed to attract and “steal their very best manufacturing Engineers” from China [06:13].
A “Double Win”: The intent is to harm adversaries by depriving China of its critical talent while simultaneously putting those skilled people to work here, helping the U.S. catch up and create thousands of American jobs [08:04] and [06:25].
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Makes me very happy! Yes, before WWI we didn’t have a Navy. We made one. And we had practically no military equipment before WWII. Can we repeat those successes? I think we can. BUT we are going to have to be willing to sweep the inevitable protesters and saboteurs outta the way, into prison or to…idk, some remote country. So: do we have the will, the will to power and to success?
Not going to happen! He is merely talking his book. China is presently doing to Taiwan what it has already done to the DC Swamp – buying off the Political Class. Some kind of peaceful reunification is likely by about 2049 – the centenary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. China is not in a hurry.
If it did come to a kinetic conflict, the likely Chinese move would be to embargo Taiwan rather than to invade. As a practical military matter, it would be impossible for the US to break that embargo on the other side of the world. Besides, US politicians need that sweet Chinese money for their “re-election campaigns”.
It has taken China 30+ years to move from a society of peasants on bicycles to the world’s leading producer of steel, consumer goods, ships, railways, automobiles – and it will probably take another decade for China to become the world’s major producer of machine tools, high-end computer chips, and aircraft.
If the West wants to defend far-off Taiwan from its neighbor China, it would probably take us about half a century to rebuild the necessary industrial infrastructure. Taiwan is going back to Mother China sooner or later. There is nothing we can do about it.
I realize that this upsets a lot of people but I don’t care beyond the issue of manufacturing capability in a couple of key areas: a problem that is fixable, as Mr Luckey’s accomplishments demonstrate. Other than that, it is not worth one drop of American blood or one American dollar to prevent that from happening. Nations have no permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests.
Blaming “systematic” failures or evils is so very convenient to young people today. They have been “educated” in a system - which is forever unnamed as the propaganda/groupthink factories - which instills a bizarre juxtaposition: my successes are my own and further my “self esteem”. My failures are because of the “system”. The hammer and sickle will be used to draw blood, not mechanical or electric circuit diagrams. Mamdani is merely the latest incarnation of Stalinist/Maoist “you have to break some eggs…” line of utopian social theory. Let’s see how it works in practice. Meanwhile, I’m going long on this company (even has an apt name!) -
Anduril has established an office in Taiwan to support engineering, supply chain, and execution, and is collaborating with Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) on AI-enabled command and control and unmanned systems.
