Today, Darius Dale breaks down why the U.S. is negotiating from a position of weakness as trade tensions with China re-escalate. He explains how the Trump administration’s sanctions on Russian energy giants have backfired by tightening global supply and driving crude prices higher, while China maintains the upper hand in upcoming trade talks. Despite geopolitical noise, Darius reaffirms that Paradigm C—the regime of fiscal dominance, deregulation, and monetary accommodation—remains firmly intact.