It's not that we can't be nuked, it's that we won't be nuked. By China? Have you ever been to China? If so, then you realize they won't be doing anything to us. Who else is going to buy their cheap crappy shit? India? EU? Russia? Ever see Alibaba or Temu advertising in Russia? Temu doesn't even deliver to Russia. Canada? Mexico? Nah, that debt we owe China will make sure they don't try bullshit.
And Russia? Pfft!
Exactly. On the flip side, the US would be brought to its knees if china withheld exports for a few weeks, as they essentially constitute our manufacturing base.
Nuclear powers don’t fight with militaries, not since the proliferation of thermonuclear weapons. It’s all economic and trade based. The rise of BRICS is the first true threat to US hegemony, which is why the US is working so hard to stop it