In one of the biggest actions the administration has taken against fentanyl trafficking, the U.S. on Tuesday announced a series of indictments and sanctions against 14 people and 14 firms across China and Canada related to the import of the drug to the United States.
“Chinese buyers spent $13.6 billion on US residential real estate in the year ending March 2023”
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/china-economy-us-housing-market-home-prices-demand-supply-2023-8#:~:text=Chinese buyers spent %2413.6 billion,the housing market in China.
I’m certainly not saying that it’s purely external influence. I’m saying this is a thing they want and are certainly feeding into.
13.6 B in an 80 trillion market is a rounding error.