WarRoom Battleground EP 873: President Xi Purges Top Military As Speculation Hints At Failed Coup
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies, because we're going medieval on these people. I got a free shot on all these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like hearing that.
What internal challenges is President Xi facing in China?
I know you've tried to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not going to stop it. It's going to happen. And where do people like that go to share the big lie? Mega media. I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience. Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved. War Room. Here's your host, Stephen K. Bann.
Monday, 20th of October, Anno Domini, 2025. Hanwell here at the helm on Steve Bannon's War Room. Well, the big news coming out today is from Beijing, from China, with the fourth plenary. And apparently, the emperor, the guy we were told just last year was now effectively destined to rule for life in China, has some internal problems he's going to resolve or need to resolve. We'll be with the new federal state guys a little later on in the show. for the personal dynamics there and what's going on. But first of all, we're going to talk to the two people I know have the most insights on China, the two Jims, Captain Jim Fennell and Jim Rickards. Gentlemen, thanks for coming on the show. Tell me, this is a yearly event, the plenary.
This is the fourth plenary. I think they have these yearly mini plenaries that last between the five-year quinquennial 200 of the most leading communists in China gathering together. Jim Rickards, why don't you open? Tell us exactly what has happened to President Xi. I gather he's now having to report to a superior group. Is this a temporary thing? Is he going to fight back? Is he going to purge the people who have tried to put him on a chain? Tell me the news. What's happened today?
Well, there's definitely a struggle going on between the Xi faction, but the Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao factions never completely went away. They were squashed by Xi. They were marginalized, et cetera. The ones sharing high base, but they never completely went away. They're now reemerging. The PLA is asserting more power. Xi's power is being diminished, but that doesn't mean he's weak or he's done. What's interesting, Ben, is to put this in the context of 3,000 years of Chinese history. And I can give you the short version for 3,000 years. China centralizes, centralizes, centralizes. The empire grows, becomes peak centralized, and then it falls apart. You have the warring kingdoms period, you have warlord periods, multiple dynasties in different parts of China.
Then it consolidates again. This is like an accordion. It gets more centralized and then falls apart. So one of the easiest predictions I've ever made was a few years ago when Xi got maximum power, when he started to talk about Xi Jinping thought on a par with Mao Zedong thought. He got a third term. No one had ever had more than two terms before, at least since Mao Zedong, etc. I said, OK, that's peak centralization. This is all going to fall apart. And it is in the process of doing that. And it's bigger than just Xi standing with... with the power bureau and with the generals and that's very important and i think uh uh captain uh i think james knows a lot more about that than i do um but in in addition to everything we just described the economy is falling apart their gdp is is down significantly that they admit take two points off because they lie about it maybe take another point off for investment which counts to gdp but if you're able to go city and no one's there
Yeah, you got steel and concrete and copper and cement and all the jobs and all that. But there's no one there. An accountant would require you to write that off immediately. So there's a dollar shortage. The banks are suffering. Credit losses are going up. So the economy is, I don't want to say imploding. That's a little bit of an overstatement. But the economy is collapsing very quickly on top of all the politics we just discussed.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:20
2
What internal challenges is President Xi facing in China?
0:20–5:40
3
How significant is the recent military purge in Xi's regime?
5:40–9:20
4
What historical context influences Xi's current power struggles?
9:20–17:21
5
How do different factions within the CCP impact Xi's leadership?
17:21–24:24
6
What are the implications of Xi's purges for China's military?
24:24–31:13
7
How does the Chinese economy affect Xi's political stability?
31:13–38:41
8
What are the potential outcomes if Xi's power diminishes?
38:41–52:52
Speakers
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