Oil-Mood Overlord

Trump Threatens to End Cooking Oil Trade With China Amid Soyboycott Feud

Published October 15, 2025

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A satirical card turning Trump's cooking oil threat into a cartoonish power play - an "Oil-Mood Overlord" frying trade ties while farmers and oil lines crack beneath him.

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Trump warned he may terminate trade in cooking oil with China as retaliation for what he deemed China's refusal to buy U.S. soybeans. Analysts, though, note China's cooking oil exports to the U.S. had already plunged - suggesting the move is largely symbolic rather than economically disruptive.

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