Trump brushes off trade tensions with China: ‘It will all be fine!’

Published October 12, 2025 5:09pm ET



President Donald Trump appeared to dismiss the tensions with China over its decision to impose export controls on rare earth minerals, even as he threatens a massive tariff increase over the move.

In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump shrugged off Chinese President Xi Jinping’s escalation, which could upend supply chains for American technology companies, as Xi merely having a “bad moment.”

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