China Tried to Take on America—And Now They’re Paying the Price

Headlines today paint Iran as the most dangerous threat facing the United States today—but they’re wrong.

It’s China.

I lived there, I saw how this insidious regime really operates, and I can tell you first hand—the Chinese Communist Party is the number one threat facing the world today.

Not just America—but all of humanity.

And just to be clear, I’m talking about the regime, not the people suffering under it.

Now the good news is that, while China isn’t exactly a paper tiger, they’re not nearly as invincible as they’d have you believe.

Yes, China is a serious threat to the freedom of people around the world—but they’ve got massive problems internally—so many, in fact, that it’s seeming more and more likely they could actually be on the verge of collapse.

What does “verge” mean?

I don’t know, no one does—but it’s safe to say they have a lot more problems keeping their grip on power than they did fifty years ago.

I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention to what’s going on in China lately, but… it’s pretty bad.

To say their economy is crumbling is a huge understatement.

A huge percentage of their youth are unemployed, and getting restless.

There are literally entire cities that have been abandoned.

And the Communist Party?

They’re desperately trying to keep the illusion going, but it won’t last forever.

And here’s what nobody in the media wants to say out loud: Trump saw this coming.

Years ago.

And now, when they’re arguably at their weakest and teetering on the verge of collapse, Trump’s tariff war might’ve been the push they need to fall off the edge.

Keep in mind, this isn’t just about China.

It’s about us.

About what happens when America finally stops playing by globalist rules—and starts putting itself first again.

Now I’ll tell you this from experience.

I spent a lot of time in China—a year living there, in fact, and let me tell you: a year in China feels like a lifetime.

On the surface, yeah, it looks impressive—clean cities, giant infrastructure projects, those high-speed trains that make Amtrak look like a joke.

But once you scratch the surface?

It’s all fake, literally nothing you see there is real.

It’s all built on a mountain of lies.

I worked at a university in Xuchang, and I was absolutely blown away to find out that all the ancient, crumbling buildings with plaster falling off, ceilings collapsing and huge cracks running from the foundations to the roof—were all brand new.

Like, built 3-4 years ago.

It’s a metaphor for the entire country: the Communist Party prioritizes speed and display, not substance or value.

The depths of poverty I witnessed living there taught me lessons about humanity that I’ll never forget.

I lived in a new apartment building, it was put up by the university and honestly it was pretty nice.

Basic, crude in a lot of ways—unfinished concrete floors in the bathroom, that kind of thing.

But well furnished and surprisingly comfortable.

In that apartment, I was literally in the top 1% of Chinese society, socio-economically speaking.

When you walked out the door, literally not one block from where I was living the high life, there were bombed out, crumbling buildings that looked like they got hit with a bomb.

And there were poor Chinese families living in the ruins.

Families with Children.

And they were the nicest people you’d ever meet, and they’d give you the shirt off their backs—but there was a desperation there I don’t think anyone living in America today can understand.

Lots of people had cars, yes—but many more didn’t, and in fact there were quite a few actual, honest-to-God medieval peasants living in the countryside, and they drove donkeys to and from town riding in ramshackle carts they cobbled together with broken wood and spare tires.

They would stare at me when I walked by, with unfathomable expressions, and it was haunting.

When I compare my life to theirs, I can’t begin to imagine what they must endure, on a daily basis.

That’s the part that breaks your heart.

And that’s the fruit of communism: it crushes the human soul, plain and simple.

For anyone who hasn’t been there, hasn’t been outside the major Westernized cities, you cannot comprehend the poverty.

There was a McDonald’s in town, and a KFC—and both of these establishments were the exclusive province of the elite.

Seriously—the only people who eat at McDonald’s in China are rich people—it’s too expensive for most people to afford.

Or at least it was when I lived there.

If you could eat at Mickey-D’s, you were doing pretty good.

Which is a far cry from the polished image of ubiquitous wealth China’s propaganda machine loves to portray in the media.

I came back from that trip realizing something most Americans haven’t, and probably never will: China isn’t powerful.

It’s brittle.

And now, it’s starting to crack.

Let’s run through what’s happening.

China has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world—experts put it above 30%.

That’s not just a stat.

That’s an entire generation with no future.

You think that’s sustainable?

They’ve got an insane real estate bubble that already popped.

Ghost cities—miles of unfinished apartments that nobody lives in.

Developers going bankrupt.

Families who spent their life savings on apartments that were never even built.

Just this week, China’s central bank cut interest rates again in a last-ditch effort to stimulate the economy.

When a country lowers rates over and over again, it’s not a sign of confidence. It’s a sign of panic.

You can feel the fear inside the regime, it’s like watching a slow-motion car crash.

And it’s not just economic.

It’s cultural.

It’s political.

It’s spiritual.

The people are disillusioned.

The Party’s grip on loyalty is slipping, and the CCP knows it.

The only scary part is that collapsing regimes don’t go quietly.

They clamp down harder.

They lash out.

They blame outsiders.

And they get dangerous.

That’s why this moment matters.

Because while China falls inward, America has a chance to finally pull away—for good.

And right on cue, Trump comes in with the trade hammer.

Trump actually came out and said that “China would have broken apart if we didn’t do the deal.”

That’s wild.

And probably true!

Back in 2019, Trump pushed China into a corner, and now he’s doing it again—raising tariffs on electric vehicles, solar tech, batteries, steel, and more—the bread and butter of Chinese exports.

We’re not just talking small stuff—this is strategic decoupling.

Think about what that means: we’re finally stopping the flow of American dollars that have been propping up this brutal, anti-human, communist regime for decades.

This is economic warfare—and Trump’s playing to win.

These tariffs aren’t just about punishing China.

They’re about breaking our dependence on the CCP, and forcing American companies to stop outsourcing to slave-labor factories overseas.

They’re about reshoring key industries like semiconductors, steel, and green tech.

And yeah—there’s going to be pain.

That’s how detox works.

But what’s the alternative?

Staying tethered to a dying, soulless dictatorship that wants to replace us on the world stage?

China’s model was never sustainable.

When you crush innovation, ingenuity, creativity—the human spirit, you’re bound to fail.

China relied entirely on stealing intellectual property, manipulating currency, and using its own people like disposable tools.

The globalists told us that if we just played along, if we just sent our factories overseas and ignored the slave camps and the censorship, China would become modern, peaceful, democratic.

Instead, they built a surveillance state out of Orwell’s worst nightmares.

They stomped out dissent, exported poison and propaganda, and worst of all—they used our own money to do it.

And whether you agree with him or not, President Trump was the only one with the guts to push back.

Not with slogans or empty promises—but with real action.

And that means tariffs.

The fall of China’s empire isn’t just their problem.

It’s a warning about what happens when you give up your sovereignty for short-term gain.

But it’s also a chance for America to wake up.

To cut the cord and start building the American dream again.

And from where I’m standing? That’s a future worth fighting for.