Was wondering which one of you would blame Trump instead of putting the onus where it belongs.

What? The onus squarely belongs on Trump. This is an eminently foreseeable consequence of imposing punitive tariffs on your allies with an "us or them" ultimatum that they can't possibly meet. They inevitably and predictably have to choose "them," because they can't possibly re-orient their energy mix quickly enough to avoid an economic collapse. Oh, and because the "Madman Theory" approach to international relations in order to keep everyone guessing about your policies means that no one can rely on the implicit promise that if the fuel mix was changed, the tariffs would be removed.

We've spent the last several decades engaged in careful diplomacy with India to try to get them to remain oriented towards the West, despite the fact that China is the elephant in their backyard. Trump blew that up in a few months. Which, fine - now India won't be able to export as much to the U.S. But the cost of that is that the largest and most important country in Southeast Asia has been pushed into the China/Russia camp.

As everyone predicted.

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