This clip aligns with my general thinking as well. 

Steve Eisman on CNBC

This clip aligns with my general thinking as well. 

Steve Eisman on CNBC

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/04/07/united-states-in-best-possible-position-to-negotiate-trade-says-big-short-trader-steve-eisman.html

He does acknowledge that. 

- a response i posted on X yesterday to someone.

Imo, the big issue is, if I'm Vietnam, or to a lesser extent Eu why would I blink at massive concessions, if China doesn't, America can't survive this long term as is, and if China doesn't blink America will definitely, then they threw away money for something they could of gotten for free

Problem is he's basing this on rationality.

This trade wars goals are irrational, either we are the global reserve currency or we have trade deficits, not to mention blanket targeting raw materials and goods we can't source here off the rip, and not pushing infrastructure plans through to shore up domestic manufacturing, we are in a very bad position imo because of this.

Esspically considering China not coming to table, why would the EU pay 350 billion to us to get a trade deal when the US might blink