The US’ aluminum war with China has been getting super weird lately

Seward Johnson's sculpture "The Awakening" is secured by Allen Lawrence before being driven on a truck from East Patomac Park in Washington to its new home at the National Harbor in Prince George's County, Maryland, February 20, 2008. Perhaps you didn't know this, but the US and China have been battling over aluminum for quite some time now, and over the last week or so the conflict has gotten particularly weird.