Never forget or lose sight of our main competitor. That is China. For the past few weeks, we have slowly been unsettling China with the control of the straight of Hormuz which supplies 20% of their oil. Yesterday we sealed their fate by signing an agreement to cooperate militarily with Indonesia, giving us control of the straight of Malacca, which provides passage to 80% of China’s oil. We also took back control of the Panama Canal last year. Out of the 120 some ships that came empty to Texas for oil, many were chinese. This route doubles their shipping time from 30 to 60 days. No cheap oil from Iran means no more cheap products from China. With the control of the Malacca Strait, by simply requesting more stringent ship inspections, it will add 5-10 days to their journey and that my friends, is enough to disrupt their just-in-time deliveries. China’s fate was sealed yesterday, quietly, without any major news outlets proclaiming this historic event. President Trump, you and your team have been incredible. Thank you for continuing to fight for America.
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FYI the US Navy already patrols that Strait pretty heavily right now.
I'm guessing patrols will increase as well as include new partners like the guys who met with JD yesterday...
China...FOILED AGAIN!!! Right Snidely?
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That is good to know. China doing acrobatics with the South China Sea when a single signature by the Indonesian president makes all of it useless. How do you expect a country that can’t even produce a ball point pen to actually, solidly, and air tightly create and execute a plan to dominate the world? It is not in their DNA or their culture.
No...it isn't. Not many understand that.
It is likely temporary. Strait of Malacca will likely be managed by a regional cooperative of local sovereign nations, including sovereign China at some point. Many people not tracking the sovereign China faction (Xi) vs British intelligence controlled China Deep State faction. Xi has to remove all the bad actors and infiltrators from the Chinese Navy just like Trump/Hegseth are currently doing from the US Army.
Key Transit points to control all worldwide shipping: 1. Strait of Gibralter (US now, formerly UK), 2. Strait of Malacca (US now, formerly China), 3. Panama Canal (now US, formerly China), 4. Bosporus [Black Sea] (Turkey/Russia joint, formerly UK), 5.Suez Canal (Egypt now, formerly UK), 6. Greenland-Norway arctic channel (US now, formerly UK), 7. Bering Strait arctic pass (US/Russia cooperative mgmt).
DJT, a modern David vs Goliath.
In this case goliath already has lost his head.
Some say Trump is pulling out of foreign entanglements. Others say Trump is dominating China via controlling Asian waterways. Which is it? Why would we want to escalate tensions with China?
If you don’t swim against the current, consider yourself a dead fish specially when it comes to power struggles. For the longest time I believed that we should live our lives in peace without getting involved abroad but it is not possible. If we are not proactive, then we are inevitably going to be controlled by whoever is proactive.
There's a difference between foreign entanglements (like the UN, WEF, Paris Accord, etc) and foreign relationships. It's like the difference between being stuck in an HOA vs building fences and still getting along with neighbors. He's representing American interests overseas, with straightforward bilateral talks.
The use of naval power is a lot different than "boots on the ground" in terms of "entanglements".
The moves on Venezuela, Iran and now Indonesia greatly boost US energy independence (production) AND the US economy (trade balance) AND the strength of the US dollar... all at the same time. Impressive.
Wrong question. Correct question is "Why would we want to escalate tensions with the Chinese Deep State (this is not Xi)?
ANSWER: Because they are allied with the US Deep State per the orders of their MI-6 creators/handlers who are also directing the Israeli Deep State/Mossad to the same purpose: Destruction of the sovereign US faction led by Trump.
Pretti Good answer. Thanks for sharing.
Tensions will escalate no matter what. China wants to be hegemon. Better we direct it than them.
The last time the Chinese were about to make major concessions to MAGA the Demonrats then went and pulled the NOvid suitcases out from under the table...
Add this to the mix. Chy-nah is already collapsing. People are sleeping in the streets as shops and factories fail. The CCP is just trying to hold onto power. Xi has eliminated several trusted rivals. It's getting tense.
I really think “they” are just trying to be patient, and wait Trump out. The deepstate ain’t done yet. And they’re always most dangerous backed into a corner. These elections coming up and of course 2028 are massive. Whole world’s involved.
Belt and roads being turned back hard. Indos hate chinese. The purged 600k of them from indonesia in the sixties. Nobody batted an eye. Purged means destroyed, killed. All considered infiltrators by the indo gov. Kaput
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