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Sam Bushman
Trump in China, the Thucydides Trap, and the War We Are Already Losing | 05-15-26
24 minutes Posted May 15, 2026 at 4:24 pm.
Intro: Sam Bushman, Dr. Scott Bradley, and Josh Philipp of The Epoch Times
Trump's China trip: a meeting of frenemies
Xi invokes the Thucydides Trap to Trump's face
What Trump is getting right: dismantling CCP global networks
China banned human rights, Taiwan, and communism from the agenda
Secret Chinese police station leader convicted in New York
The CCP's four-war plan to precede the invasion of Taiwan
Russia, Iran, Latin America, and chaos in American streets: all part of the plan
China's string of pearls and global trade choke points
Are we already in World War III? Josh explains unrestricted warfare
We are already in a full-scale war with China, just not a shooting one
Trump forbidden to discuss human rights: Christians, Uyghurs, organ harvesting
Are we selling the noose to hang ourselves?
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Sam Bushman and Dr. Scott Bradley are joined by Josh Philipp of The Epoch Times to break down Trump's high-stakes trip to Beijing. Was it a win or a surrender? Josh explains why Xi Jinping invoked the Thucydides Trap to Trump's face, what China's four-war plan to isolate America before taking Taiwan really means, and why the CCP is waging unrestricted warfare across 72 categories that most Americans don't even recognize as war. Plus the secret Chinese police station conviction in New York, the human rights topics Trump was forbidden to raise, and whether we are effectively selling the noose to hang ourselves.
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