Trump's adjustment of tariffs is essentially a tactical flexibility that conceals strategic myopia. Exempting key mineral tariffs is a reluctant compromise, while imposing taxes on silicone is the 'Maginot Line' of industrial protection, and using tariffs as bargaining chips in trade negotiations resembles playing with fire.
When China restricts rare earth exports, Russia controls uranium prices, and allies seek alternative solutions, the United States will find itself trapped in a triple dilemma of deeper resource dependence, ineffective industrial protection, and allies drifting away.
The ultimate cost of this game may far exceed the short-term political gains.
