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1 posted on 05/15/2026 5:17:09 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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A declining nation can strike out too.


2 posted on 05/15/2026 5:17:40 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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What other country has entire “Ghost Cities?”


3 posted on 05/15/2026 5:19:44 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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Trump allowing the 100,000 Chinese students here is a disgrace.

They should be treated like diplomats where any babies born here are NOT citizens. Also, if caught doing anything illegal against America, they will be put in a maximum security prison and serve the entire length of punishment or put to death.


4 posted on 05/15/2026 5:20:52 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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Couldn’t have said it better myself...


7 posted on 05/15/2026 5:22:47 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
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Only a fool would underestimate China intentions.


9 posted on 05/15/2026 5:25:12 AM PDT by McGruff
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Has the US and by extension Western Europe all ready fallen victim to the trap: proxies wars in Ukraine and now Iran.


12 posted on 05/15/2026 5:30:12 AM PDT by buckalfa (More chaos and disruption please)
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In before the wise scholarly, oh so intellectual observation that “China plays the long game.”

Ah so, Grasshopper.


13 posted on 05/15/2026 5:38:43 AM PDT by BHI2025 (H)
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Petrodollar wars


19 posted on 05/15/2026 5:49:52 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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We would have a declining population but for immigration that threatens to kill the culture of America. Until we fix our education system, we are in deep pucky.


25 posted on 05/15/2026 6:01:05 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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I’m still not sure why Xi brought this up, since the Thucydides trap scenario would work against China - a rising power that gets too big for its britches, and stumbles into war.


26 posted on 05/15/2026 6:09:39 AM PDT by misterdarcey (Abandon all nuance, ye who enter here.)
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“have babies”

8 U.S. Code § 1401...:
“The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth:
(a) a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof;”


29 posted on 05/15/2026 6:31:57 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (Ask your Congressman to tax tariff refunds at 100% & > ~$430 to each insured vehicle owner 4 gas)
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All they do is steal our intellectual property.

This is not true. They are innovating new products while we merely consume them.

31 posted on 05/15/2026 6:51:14 AM PDT by GingisK
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According to one Chinese speaker, Xi used swear words when describing the US position on Taiwan. Naturally, they were translated into something nice for general US consumption.


32 posted on 05/15/2026 7:45:35 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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