Keep pulling the thread on Ro Khanna.
The United States lost 80,000 manufacturing jobs during the Trump administration, according to Ro Khanna.
Ro Khanna asserts that China has leveraged its control over rare earth elements and critical minerals to the disadvantage of the United States.
Ro Khanna believes China is gaining a strategic advantage by avoiding resource commitment to the conflict in Iran, while the United States is draining its own resources there.
According to a Washington Post report on U.S. intelligence, Iran is positioned to endure the current blockade for at least three to four more months before facing severe economic pressure.
Ro Khanna claims the United States is spending between $1 billion and $2 billion per day on its military conflict with Iran.
The military conflict with Iran is causing increased costs for gas, diesel, and fertilizer in the United States, according to Ro Khanna.
Ro Khanna argues that the U.S. conflict with Iran has failed to achieve its objectives, resulting in a more hardline Iranian regime while the country still possesses enriched uranium.
Ro Khanna advocates for ending the war with Iran and pursuing negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which he believes will cause gas, diesel, and fertilizer prices to fall.
President Trump has threatened to withdraw a significant number of U.S. troops from Germany in response to the German chancellor's criticism of his Iran policy.
Ro Khanna stated that while U.S. military action successfully destroyed Iran's navy and air force, it failed to achieve the goal of removing the country's enriched uranium.
Ro Khanna stated that a key goal for the upcoming U.S.-China summit should be securing a deal for China to increase its purchases of U.S. soybeans.
China is currently sourcing soybeans from Argentina and other South American countries instead of from the United States.