This interview confirms again that Trump is just catastrophically unfit to be making any of these decisions. Dems should use this to hound Republicans to the ends of the earth if they don't agree to get to the bottom of all of it.

Some questions to pursue here:

newrepublic.com/article/2041...

It gets worse. Trump also says straight out that an invasion of Venezuela "on land" is coming and says he'd expand all this to Mexico and Colombia. Incredibly, no one even bothers pointing out anymore that he is claiming authority to do all of this without Congress:

newrepublic.com/article/2041...

This is the culmination of the plan that Trump was chasing in 2016 when the Mueller investigation thwarted everything.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RXJ...

No the connection there is clear.

He imposed huge tariffs on China.
China retaliated by withholding rare earth.
Trump crumbled and is desperate to avoid a reimposition of such a ban.
Thus, he declares victory for reversing the damage he did.