The translation was done by the AI.
I’ve heard it already in two different podcasts—two prominent economists compared the escalating tariff standoff between Trump and Xi to a game of *Chicken*.
The title of that game can also be translated as: “Who’s the coward?”
The term “chicken” in English has the double meaning of a farm bird and a person who lacks courage. So the game "Chicken" is literally a game of cowardice, a test of nerves, a reckless race to see who swerves first.
Let me explain further.
The American economist and 2005 Nobel Prize laureate Thomas Schelling (1921–2016), a leading expert in international relations and national security, gave a striking example of this dynamic. After WWII, young Americans would play a deadly game: two drivers would race their cars or trucks straight at each other.
Whoever swerves first is declared the "chicken"—the coward. The one who doesn't wins the admiration of the girls and becomes the hero of the night.
I’ve often used this metaphor myself when analyzing global tensions.
But in the case of the imbecile in the White House, I would refer to a more tragic version of this game.
In the 1955 American film *Rebel Without a Cause*—starring the immensely talented and tragically short-lived actor James Dean as the honest, principled, and confused youth Jim Stark—*Chicken* is played differently.
Two boys speed toward the edge of a cliff. The first to jump out of his car is the coward. Jim jumps out at the last possible second.
His rival, Buzz Gunderson, gets tangled in his seatbelt and wires—and plummets to his death.
This, I fear, is what awaits Trump—and therefore America—in the insane standoff with Xi Jinping and China.
Trump won’t be able to jump out in time.
He’ll get tangled in the seatbelt and controls of his massive but severely unresponsive vehicle—namely, the U.S. economy.
The larger the body and the faster it moves, the harder it is to maneuver.
And even harder—to stop.
Trump will go over the cliff.
And if he’s not removed from power, he’ll take the U.S. economy with him.
In *Rebel Without a Cause*, the hero survives.
But under the idiocy of the imbecile in the White House, the world economy’s chances of survival are much lower.
They’re not zero—but they’re dangerously close.
Let me end with something I’ve been repeating ever since the last U.S. elections:
> ❗️“It’s either America—or Trump.” ❗️
The American public committed a colossal and unforgivable error by handing the presidency to Donald Trump.
Now it faces a make-or-break moment—a last-chance exam.
The task is clear:
To remove (or eliminate) Trump..
April 10, 2025
