Bill Maher

And they're sort of paying us back with saying, OK, we'll weaken the West with fentanyl and and all kinds of other things. But when you had Admiral Dewey opened up trade with China. But we had the most powerful Navy in the world. You had during World War II, America was defending China against Japan. We had the fighting tigers. But then you had Chiang Kai-shek.

He converted and became a Christian, maybe because he thought that would get Americans to want to support him. And he's fighting the Japanese and fighting Mao Zedong and the communists. And Harry S. Truman said, we're going to pull out. MacArthur wanted to go in and defeat the communists. And he may have been able to do that because they were not all that organized. But Truman fired MacArthur.

He converted and became a Christian, maybe because he thought that would get Americans to want to support him. And he's fighting the Japanese and fighting Mao Zedong and the communists. And Harry S. Truman said, we're going to pull out. MacArthur wanted to go in and defeat the communists. And he may have been able to do that because they were not all that organized. But Truman fired MacArthur.

And Truman helped form the United Nations. And Truman said, well, let's let the United Nations take care of this. And it's like it didn't work out that way. So Chiang Kai-shek is chased out to Taiwan for Mosa, free China, whatever the name was. And the communists took over China.

And Truman helped form the United Nations. And Truman said, well, let's let the United Nations take care of this. And it's like it didn't work out that way. So Chiang Kai-shek is chased out to Taiwan for Mosa, free China, whatever the name was. And the communists took over China.

And they began to do a cultural revolution, not just a revolution, but a cultural one, which means they were destroying thousands of years of Chinese culture. They destroyed the oldest gates, you know, in Beijing and the oldest Buddhist temple and tens of thousands of ancient Chinese works.

And they began to do a cultural revolution, not just a revolution, but a cultural one, which means they were destroying thousands of years of Chinese culture. They destroyed the oldest gates, you know, in Beijing and the oldest Buddhist temple and tens of thousands of ancient Chinese works.

because they wanted to do the new people's republic of china and they play the long game i heard somebody explain it difference between chess and poker but americans are known for poker taking risks and gambling and the chinese are very strategic yeah talk more about that the long-term planning of the chinese communist party they they how far out do they look and

because they wanted to do the new people's republic of china and they play the long game i heard somebody explain it difference between chess and poker but americans are known for poker taking risks and gambling and the chinese are very strategic yeah talk more about that the long-term planning of the chinese communist party they they how far out do they look and

Well, the most popular game in China is called Go, G-O. And it's like Chinese checkers with flat little marbles. But your goal is to get control of different parts of the playing board with the fewest amount of pieces necessary. And so it's very long-term strategy. And so they apply this generationally. They do have a... what I could best describe as a manifest destiny, right?

Well, the most popular game in China is called Go, G-O. And it's like Chinese checkers with flat little marbles. But your goal is to get control of different parts of the playing board with the fewest amount of pieces necessary. And so it's very long-term strategy. And so they apply this generationally. They do have a... what I could best describe as a manifest destiny, right?

When America was first starting, we sort of knew we were going to go from sea to shining sea. But China has this sort of corporate concept that they are the best and that they are going to grow and eventually take over. And to a large part, they've been successful primarily through bribing politicians in other countries. the China Silk Road Initiative, Turkestan.

When America was first starting, we sort of knew we were going to go from sea to shining sea. But China has this sort of corporate concept that they are the best and that they are going to grow and eventually take over. And to a large part, they've been successful primarily through bribing politicians in other countries. the China Silk Road Initiative, Turkestan.

Yeah, it's a psyche that's there. So I think they've been rattling the sword that they wanted to take back Taiwan. And of course, they did get Hong Kong back, which was a tremendous abandonment of the freedom loving people there. But Trump, I feel, is brilliant because when he threw them on their heels with this tariff

Yeah, it's a psyche that's there. So I think they've been rattling the sword that they wanted to take back Taiwan. And of course, they did get Hong Kong back, which was a tremendous abandonment of the freedom loving people there. But Trump, I feel, is brilliant because when he threw them on their heels with this tariff

war, so to speak, 40 Chinese banks have gone belly up just within the last two months. They've had to pull back. Their global aspirations have taken a hit, partly because they've bought a whole lot of Treasury bills. And if they attack America, they're going to lose their customer. Right. Because because we're the ones that America is the market for the world.

war, so to speak, 40 Chinese banks have gone belly up just within the last two months. They've had to pull back. Their global aspirations have taken a hit, partly because they've bought a whole lot of Treasury bills. And if they attack America, they're going to lose their customer. Right. Because because we're the ones that America is the market for the world.

And so if if they do anything to to collapse America, they're going to have nobody to buy their product. And so they're going to be hurt that way. So they're in sort of a box. And Trump is probably the only person on the planet that has the guts. to push back against their agenda.

And so if if they do anything to to collapse America, they're going to have nobody to buy their product. And so they're going to be hurt that way. So they're in sort of a box. And Trump is probably the only person on the planet that has the guts. to push back against their agenda.

Uh, if you look at the, the Hutchison Wempole company, which is a Chinese owned company, they've been strategically taking control of major maritime ports, uh, you know, Panama canal, the Dardanelles, different areas around the world that are choke points for naval travel around the world. It's like, why are they doing that? The Bahamas, they built a deep water port down there.