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China Seems To Influence Too Many Influential Americans
American Thinker ^ | 21 Apr, 2026 | Allan J. Feifer

Posted on 04/21/2026 4:43:20 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Whether in political parties or the new media, there seems to be a whole lot of Chinese-friendly ideas floating around.

hina has successfully infiltrated every aspect of American politics, and we’re seeing the consequences. What paved the way forward was the utter fragmentation of the American political scene. No longer do we have a strong Democrat-versus-Republican divide; instead, myriad political splinter groups, Democrat subsets: labor-backed organizers, libertarian-leaning activists, pro-immigration coalitions, and growing Muslim and other identity-based blocs, or the smaller number of Republican subsets: evangelical conservatives, MAGA-aligned populists, America Firsters, or defense hawks.

In addition, our government is fragmented: there are no longer three branches but four, if one counts the administrative state; five, if one counts the leftist media; or even six, if one counts all the leftist NGOs; all wielding greater influence derived from soft and dark money injected into the process by influencers, known and unknown.

The end result is intentionally driving polarization and blocking compromise, fostering corruption and foreign influence, while endangering our national security. Fragmentation has specifically benefited China by making it easier for China to influence specific “wings” surreptitiously, further dividing our country, as is their intent.

Identity-based blocs have made us vulnerable to infiltration, corruption, and classic intelligence ops, including honey traps, blackmail, sabotage, and subversion. And while there does seem to be a China problem on the right, the problem has been more obvious among Democrats, with several high-profile cases.

There are strong suspicions that China has targeted popular anti-American podcasters, whether they identify as “right” or left. Thus, you can take your pick between Nick Fuentes, ostensibly on the right, with documented foreign-linked online amplification and foreign crypto donations to his network, and Hasan Piker, who traveled to China, appeared on Chinese state media,

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: communism; deepstatedirtbags; treason; unipartygrifters

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1 posted on 04/21/2026 4:43:20 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Mitch McConnell is one very clear example.


2 posted on 04/21/2026 4:44:17 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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To: MtnClimber

Like Thune?

Payoff?


3 posted on 04/21/2026 4:45:42 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: MtnClimber

While China’s diddling around with losers like Swallwell and Walz, Trump is crushing their economy with tariffs and cutting off their cheap oil. The Chicoms will fall under Trump and all their little stooges taking photos of our airplanes will be put of a job.

That’s okay as Sinophiles on this site always talk about China playing the long game. They’ve been playing it for 5,000 years and still haven’t won crap.


4 posted on 04/21/2026 4:48:45 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: MtnClimber

Long on opinion, short on hard data.


5 posted on 04/21/2026 4:49:33 AM PDT by Wuli ( )
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To: MtnClimber
"China Seems To Influence Too Many Influential Americans"

Leading to many influential Americans giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States.

6 posted on 04/21/2026 4:51:06 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again)
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To: MtnClimber

I don’t deny China’s influence, but most of what we’re dealing with are the Baby Boomers, particularly the hippie bunch, on their final ‘Long Strange Trip’ regarding their always-intended DESTRUCTION of this country. For that, the very powerful influence was the Soviet Union...but China does keep the torch burning these days.


7 posted on 04/21/2026 4:51:49 AM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: MtnClimber

Money and simple black mail
Imagine China knows all their dirty secrets


8 posted on 04/21/2026 4:55:58 AM PDT by blitz128
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To: MtnClimber

What America is missing is The Lord God Almighty as the Common Deniminator over We the People.

Without God we can do nothing. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.


9 posted on 04/21/2026 5:28:39 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. ~ Psalm 33:12)
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To: MtnClimber

Who needs an army.

China just buys the pols...


10 posted on 04/21/2026 5:31:09 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: MtnClimber

The myriadof political splinter groups always has one ruling master COMMUNISM.

All their operations funnel in one direction to the master of all operations the democrat party.


11 posted on 04/21/2026 5:32:55 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: MtnClimber
Not surprising when we have the best government money can buy.

Americans are robbed blind daily on healthcare, air travel, cell phones, and groceries by monopolistic practices and outright fraud and the gov does nothing.

Why should we expect these corrupt whores to exclude the CCP from the trough?

12 posted on 04/21/2026 5:57:40 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: pierrem15

The problem is that China is.

China cannot just be ignored.

We have employed Donald Trump as President to deal with China in our best interest. He is making his best effort in our best interest


13 posted on 04/21/2026 6:02:25 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: HYPOCRACY; MtnClimber
HYPOCRACY: "That’s okay as Sinophiles on this site always talk about China playing the long game.
They’ve been playing it for 5,000 years and still haven’t won crap."

We do seem to have a lot of Russophiles here, but I can't recall seeing even one overtly pro-CCP China.

Yes, doubtless such people exist, and Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is often mentioned as a public example, but none I've seen argue a pro-CCP case here.
Maybe I'm not looking closely enough?

As for CCP China's so called "long view" of history, today they seem highly focused on their planned 2027 invasion of Taiwan -- that's pretty short term, I'd say.

CCP landing ships linked together for Taiwan invasion, c. 2027:


14 posted on 04/21/2026 6:07:24 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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