Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt and retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer told Newsmax on Thursday that as President Donald Trump is trying to “level the playing field” with tariffs, China is facing inner “turmoil” as the Chinese Communist Party makes moves against President Xi Jinping.
“Xi Jinping has a threat; it’s not the United States,” Holt said on “The Chris Salcedo Show.” “It’s the People’s Liberation Army. There is so much palace fighting going on right now amongst the Chinese Communist Party top elites. Xi Jinping did something yesterday that was absolutely unprecedented. He took what is effectively his personnel manager, the most powerful position in the politburo, and replaced him, switched jobs with the guy who has the United Front, basically their version of the Gestapo.
“So now, what’s happening is those who are loyalists to Xi are falling away, and the Chinese Communist Party is putting in anti-Xi people,” he continued. “Everything you’re seeing about the bluster is a reflection of that turmoil. It could become dangerous for us, given all the illegal Chinese soldiers who are on our landmass right now, the fentanyl labs that are killing over 100,000 Americans, the illegal spying that goes on, and the Confucius Institutes. So, watch China. This is a big deal.”
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