Gordon Chang

I think that if he goes to war, that Taiwan will not be his initial objective. And let me just sort of scope it out for you. For Xi Jinping to start hostilities by launching an invasion of the main island of Taiwan, He's got to give some general or admiral almost complete control over the Chinese military because that's a combined air, land, and sea operation.

That makes that general or admiral the most powerful figure in China. In the best of times, Mike, Xi Jinping doesn't trust anybody with stars on their shoulders, but now is certainly not the best of times. And you've got a military which I think doesn't want to fight for various reasons.

That makes that general or admiral the most powerful figure in China. In the best of times, Mike, Xi Jinping doesn't trust anybody with stars on their shoulders, but now is certainly not the best of times. And you've got a military which I think doesn't want to fight for various reasons.

That makes that general or admiral the most powerful figure in China. In the best of times, Mike, Xi Jinping doesn't trust anybody with stars on their shoulders, but now is certainly not the best of times. And you've got a military which I think doesn't want to fight for various reasons.

They like to huff and puff, and they like to intimidate, but I don't think they really want to go and have a major operation. They'll go take on the Philippines, as they're doing right now, but I don't think they would start hostilities with an invasion of the main island of Taiwan. Now, they might do something in the Philippines. I think that they do. That spreads. That spreads to Taiwan.

They like to huff and puff, and they like to intimidate, but I don't think they really want to go and have a major operation. They'll go take on the Philippines, as they're doing right now, but I don't think they would start hostilities with an invasion of the main island of Taiwan. Now, they might do something in the Philippines. I think that they do. That spreads. That spreads to Taiwan.

They like to huff and puff, and they like to intimidate, but I don't think they really want to go and have a major operation. They'll go take on the Philippines, as they're doing right now, but I don't think they would start hostilities with an invasion of the main island of Taiwan. Now, they might do something in the Philippines. I think that they do. That spreads. That spreads to Taiwan.

Taiwan is involved in a war. United States gets involved in a war because these are our treaty allies. All sorts of things occur. But this is like war spreading very fast. But if you're talking about... invasion of the main island of Taiwan as the way of starting hostilities, my sense is the chance of that is pretty low.

Taiwan is involved in a war. United States gets involved in a war because these are our treaty allies. All sorts of things occur. But this is like war spreading very fast. But if you're talking about... invasion of the main island of Taiwan as the way of starting hostilities, my sense is the chance of that is pretty low.

Taiwan is involved in a war. United States gets involved in a war because these are our treaty allies. All sorts of things occur. But this is like war spreading very fast. But if you're talking about... invasion of the main island of Taiwan as the way of starting hostilities, my sense is the chance of that is pretty low.

Well, thanks, Mike. And have not only a happy, but a safe new year.

Well, thanks, Mike. And have not only a happy, but a safe new year.

Well, thanks, Mike. And have not only a happy, but a safe new year.

The opposition, the progressives, the leftists, really have been sympathizing with North Korea. They've been attacking South Korea's democracy, but that was not a reason to declare martial law, and it was declared really poorly. The unions are very much controlled by leftists, which means they're controlled by North Korea.

The opposition, the progressives, the leftists, really have been sympathizing with North Korea. They've been attacking South Korea's democracy, but that was not a reason to declare martial law, and it was declared really poorly. The unions are very much controlled by leftists, which means they're controlled by North Korea.

They can do a lot of disruption in South Korean society, as they've done in the past, and now they've got a reason to do so.

They can do a lot of disruption in South Korean society, as they've done in the past, and now they've got a reason to do so.

President Trump's picks indicate that he's going to, first of all, go for tariffs, which we saw in the beginning of this week with the announcement of 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada and the additional 10% tariffs on China for fentanyl. And clearly, Trump is probably going to add some more tariffs on China as well. This is important because it's going to rearrange trade flows around the world.

President Trump's picks indicate that he's going to, first of all, go for tariffs, which we saw in the beginning of this week with the announcement of 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada and the additional 10% tariffs on China for fentanyl. And clearly, Trump is probably going to add some more tariffs on China as well. This is important because it's going to rearrange trade flows around the world.

President Trump's picks indicate that he's going to, first of all, go for tariffs, which we saw in the beginning of this week with the announcement of 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada and the additional 10% tariffs on China for fentanyl. And clearly, Trump is probably going to add some more tariffs on China as well. This is important because it's going to rearrange trade flows around the world.