Captain Jim Fennell

And the new president immediately made this move without any consultations, without a referendum, without a national debate, because he understood that he needs to get across to President Trump that Switzerland is going to play ball.

And they may not like that in Switzerland.

They may say that's an infringement on their

neutrality.

But the reality is the terrorists have had a great impact and are a game changer in how we deal with other nations.

And I think the president understands that.

And he's playing, he's adjusting those knobs, if you will, in the ways that I can't even comprehend.

And it seems to be working.

Thank you.

Yeah, Ben, I don't disagree with what Jim has said to the extent that there's no question that there are various factions within the Chinese Communist Party.

I think my issue is to the degree with which those factions have a real substantive impact on Xi's ability to have control.

For instance, and I mentioned this in the morning segment, this purge of these nine generals that hit on Friday that's really raised this issue

before the plenum, those were being discussed over the last year.

And some of the first purges were occurring.

And this is something that's occurred throughout Xi's 12 years of rule.

And it gets to the heart of his efforts to reform not just the party, but the PLA.

And so he's done over 12 years, massive changes to the PLA, especially in 2015 and 2016.

And so what we see right now is the economy is weak, as Jim said.

There are factional problems.

We're at this point where if there's going to be a discussion about these kinds of factional disputes, it'll come in this plenum.