https:\/\/youtu.be\/OOiVNxt9I0M?si=bUOHY_mfan-wEOGu<\/a><\/p>\nIt\u2019s an analysis of the Chinese strategy to undermine Trump\u2019s domestic political coalition.\u00a0 There is also discussion of how Trump\u2019s handling of the Ukraine war will impact Chinese\/Russian relations.<\/p>\n
Thank you, Glenn for passing this along.\u00a0 It\u2019s interesting to know how much the Chinese think about and plan to undermine the American domestic political situation.\u00a0 And if the CIA were any good at their job, they\u2019d have all of this intel available for Trump in a useful and convenient form as soon as it is available.\u00a0 But, of course, they\u2019re so busy trying to undermine him themselves that they can\u2019t get around to something like that.<\/p>\n
Watching the video made me think about how American domestic politics is viewed in such different places as Putin\u2019s Russia and Xi\u2019s China.<\/p>\n
But it didn\u2019t change my belief that almost all the problem in our country and most of the problems in the world are a result of the dysfunctional and even destructive system and culture that has taken hold of our country and by extension is being imposed on the rest of the world.\u00a0 The adoption of a culture that celebrates above all else aberrant sexual identities and practices, but also emphasizes the vilification of European peoples and cultures and the need to eliminate their identity from their own countries, is singlehandedly bringing about the destruction of Western civilization.<\/p>\n
I believe that most of the problems in this country stem from these two cultural projects of the Left.\u00a0 And I think if these programs are eliminated it will cure most of the social dysfunction, we see around us today.<\/p>\n
And that is why I believe that if Trump continues on with his program to eliminate things like the recognition of multiple \u201cgenders\u201d and DEI and other affirmative action programs from the US federal government he will single-handedly solve the majority of societal ills that we find ourselves engulfed by.<\/p>\n
Now as far as foreign policy goes, I see a clear linkage between the war in Ukraine and these same cultural dysfunctions.\u00a0 Russia is a pariah for the Left because it eschews the LGBTQ movement absolutely and refuses to accept the \u201cwhite shame\u201d culture within its borders.\u00a0 Whereas Ukraine was willing to accept the rainbow flag as the price it paid to get CIA and State Department funding for its color revolution.\u00a0 And you can see a similar dynamic in Hungary where Orban refused to bend the knee to the homosexual mandate and so he also became an enemy of the left.\u00a0 They tried to overthrow him in a recent election, pouring in all kinds of USAID money into the effort.\u00a0 But he won and now he\u2019ll benefit from Trump\u2019s reform of the State Department and foreign relations in general.<\/p>\n
It was heartening to see JD Vance meet with the AfD candidates for parliament in Germany and confront the government there with their refusal to stem immigration and their anti-free speech polices and attitudes.\u00a0 It\u2019s this kind of confidence in the advantages of a free and populist society that will advance our point of view in many places.<\/p>\n
And that brings me to the question of what I think American policy should be toward the powerful countries like China and Russia.\u00a0 We should be neither fearful of nor bellicose toward them.\u00a0 The United States has ample enough stockpiles of nuclear tipped ICBMs to ensure that neither Russia nor China will attack us or our allies.\u00a0 But by the same token, what business have we rattling sabers at Putin or Xi?\u00a0 Our neocons in the State Department initiated the color revolution in Ukraine and then provided massive military aid and convinced the Ukrainians that the Russians would just capitulate to Ukraine joining NATO.\u00a0 Up until Obama\u2019s administration it was understood that attempting to bring Ukraine into NATO would be crossing a glowing red line that Putin would retaliate against.\u00a0 So, they did it anyway and he invaded.\u00a0 Now he\u2019s been bloodied by our Ukrainian proxies using our most sophisticated weapons systems and so we\u2019ve turned this into a war of attrition where Russia will lose a million men and Ukraine will lose two million men and a third of their country and we\u2019ve possibly made the Russians our bitterest enemies for generations to come.\u00a0 And they\u2019ve embraced China because of it.<\/p>\n
If Trump can figure out a way to blunt some of this damage, he should get a Nobel Peace Prize for sure.\u00a0 But in general, I hope Trump\u2019s foreign policy is guided by the precept that our foreign policy should be primarily concerned with improving the security and prosperity of the American people.\u00a0 That\u2019s it.\u00a0 We\u2019re not out to spread democracy and we\u2019re not trying to save the world.\u00a0 Climate Change and Ending World Hunger are not our priorities.\u00a0 Evicting the illegal aliens and bringing the price of a dozen eggs down are.\u00a0 So that explains my myopic vision of foreign policy.\u00a0 If the Chinese try to get involved in undermining the Trump voter coalition, I\u2019m guessing they\u2019ll be a lot less effective than the Democrats are.\u00a0 The Left knows the American lingo better and they\u2019re much better liars than the Chinese are.<\/p>\n
So, Donald Trump, just keep pummeling the Left and everything else will follow along like a master plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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