▶ Key Takeaways
- Communist China’s main global threat is economic, not military.
- The CCP’s strategy is to gain economic dominance by controlling global shipping routes, thus controlling trade and supply chains.
- The purpose of President Trump’s strategic actions in the Panama Canal, Venezuela, and Greenland is to decrease China’s influence in the Western Hemisphere and reduce the global China threat.
- The U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz is accomplishing dual purposes: (1) crippling the economy of the terrorist regime in Tehran; (2) stifling China’s oil imports.
- Before the blockade, Iran was exporting 80% of its daily crude oil output to Communist China.
- The U.S. War Department recently signed an agreement with the Defense Minister of Indonesia, giving U.S. military aircraft authority to overfly Indonesian airspace.
- This gives the U.S. aerial control over the Strait of Malacca – a critical international shipping chokepoint between Communist China and India.
- President Trump has extraordinary vision and foresight to counter the China threat before it becomes unstoppable.
Under the radar, Trump’s communist China policy is helping stop China’s quest for world domination.
The biased legacy media doesn’t get it.
The politicians don’t get it.
Most Americans don’t get it.
But Donald Trump gets it.
Far from being an arrogant narcissistic Fascist seeking to be a world dictator…
President Trump is working to save America and the world from being dominated and controlled by Communist China.
Here are 4 things the media doesn’t understand – and wouldn’t tell you if they did.
- The real China threat isn’t what you think.
Communist China isn’t a threat to the U.S. militarily.
They are a threat to Taiwan…
They would like to annex Taiwan by force and make that democratic country a part of Communist China.
But it’s very unlikely they will attack Taiwan after seeing what the U.S. military has done in Iran.
The real China threat is economic.
The CCP – Communist Chinese Party – wants to dominate and control the United States and the world economically.
How?
By controlling international shipping.
We’ve already seen how Iran can control the oil economy by blocking the Strait of Hormuz.
Communist China wants to control all of the world’s “chokepoints” for international shipping.
And they are well on their way.
But President Donald Trump is standing in their way.
- What the Panama Canal, Venezuela, and Greenland have to do with the China threat.
As soon as the U.S. surrendered control of the Panama Canal to Panama on December 31, 1999, China began to move in.
Communist China is the second-largest user of the Panama Canal.
A Chinese conglomerate manages ports at both ends of the Canal.[1]
Recent CCP actions in the region:
- Beijing has developed close economic ties with many Latin American countries.
- Beijing is South America’s #1 trading partner.
- Beijing is investing heavily in Panama infrastructure – including a cruise-ship terminal, a convention center and a bridge over the Canal.
The CCP could turn the Canal into a choke-point in the event of a conflict with the U.S.
This is why Secretary of State Marco Rubio secured two agreements with Panama last year to ensure U.S. access to the Canal.
It is also why President Trump wants to take back control of the Canal from Panama.
He is looking to the future… and it is not in the best interests of the U.S. to allow Communist China to have a strategic presence in the Western hemisphere.
Venezuela.
The capture of Nicolás Maduro and the seizure of Venezuelan oil was not about wanting their oil.
It was all about:
- Eliminating China’s political and economic influence in Venezuela
- Cutting off China from a cheap, discounted supply of crude oil
- Freeing the Venezuelan people from a cruel communist dictator
- Stopping the flow of lethal drugs from Venezuela to the U.S.
Communist China had given Maduro over $60 billion in oil-backed loans to purchase Chinese military equipment, radar, a digital surveillance monitoring system, and more.[2]
Greenland.
President Trump is not the first U.S. president who has sought to acquire Greenland outright – or at least gain political control of the island.
The reason: national defense.
Greenland is morethan three times the size of Texas, and sits between Europe and North America.
It’s southern tip is in the North Atlantic Ocean; it’s northern border touches the Arctic Ocean.
Both the Chinese and the Russians conduct military operations in the area.
While the U.S. has a military installation at Pituffik Space Base in northwest Greenland, full control of the island would enable:
- S. air and naval operations in the Arctic
- Greater missile-defense capabilities
- Greater deterrence to Chinese and Russian aggression
- Access to Greenland’s rare earth elements – reducing U.S. dependence on China.
Rebecca Pincus, director of the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute, said:
“Greenland is growing in importance as we find ourselves in a global competition with China and in a new technological revolution with regards to warfare.”
“So, Greenland is important from a missile-defense perspective, from a space perceptive, and from a global competition perspective.”[3]
- The Strait of Hormuz blockade hurts China as well as Iran.
President Trump’s blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz is genius.
It’s accomplishing two strategic national defense objectives at the same time.
Not only is the blockade strangling the Iranian economy…
And preventing the radical Islamist regime from funding proxy terrorist groups…
It is also cutting off another source of crude oil for the CCP in China.
Iran exports 1.3 to1.4 million barrels per day – 80% of its daily production of crude oil – to China.[4]
- The Strait of Malacca – another potential international shipping choke point.
It was reported by few news outlets.
It was ignored by the biased legacy media TV stations.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently hosted Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamoeddin at the Pentagon.
They established a Major Defense Cooperation Partnership between the U.S. and Indonesia consisting of 3 “foundational pillars:”
- Military modernization and capacity building
- Training and professional military education
- Regional exercises and operational cooperation[5]
As part of the agreement, Indonesia agreed to give U.S. military aircraft blanket authorization to overfly Indonesian airspace.
What this means is that the U.S. military can now monitor the southern bank of the Strait of Malacca.
The Strait of Malacca is the single most critical choke-point in China’s entire global shipping strategy.[6]
This international shipping lane links the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea.
The Strait of Malacca is between Sumatra an Malaysia.
The U.S. now has aerial control over this strategic international shipping lane without:
- A single boot on the ground
- Firing a single shot
- Triggering an international incident
This shows the international shipping routes through the Strait of Malacca, which is the red area.
This may not seem important to very many Americans right now.
But it will mean greater economic security in years to come.
Conclusion:
Most Americans aren’t very concerned about China and international events.
The constant bombardment we face from social media and from the biased legacy news media is only about the present:
- The current price of gas at the pump
- The escalating cost of medical care
- The rising cost of food
What few Americans realize — and what even fewer were ever taught — is that individual liberty and self-determination are not without cost.
The cost is always paid in advance of the benefits.
Previous generations paid for the freedoms the younger generations are enjoying today.
And if these young generations want to bequeath the same freedoms to their children and grandchildren — and to future generations — they must be willing to make sacrifices today.
Thank God we have a president and an administration that has a vision for both freedom and security for future generations…
And is willing to sacrifice low gas prices, approval ratings and present popularity to ensure that America remains a free and independent nation in the future.
What do you think? Email me at [email protected].
FAQs:
Q: What is the primary global threat posed by Communist China?
A. Communist China’s greatest threat to the world is economic dominance and control.
Q: What is China’s strategy for dominating the world economically?
A. China’s goal is to control international trade and supply chains by controlling international shipping route “chokepoints.”
Q: What are shipping chokepoints, and why are they important?
A. Shipping chokepoints are narrow, strategic waterways through which most global shipping must pass. Examples are the Panama Canal, the Strait of Hormuz and the Strait of Malacca.
Q: How is President Trump and his administration seeking to counter the China threat?
A. The Trump Administration is working to (1) decrease the influence of Communist China in the Western Hemisphere; (2) retake control of the Panama Canal to prevent it from falling into China’s hands; (3) gain access to Greenland to provide missile defense and early warning against Chinese and Russian aggression, and to offset U.S. dependence on China for rare earth elements; (4) keep the Strait of Hormuz open, but at the same time reduce Iran’s crude oil shipments to China; (5) control the Strait of Malacca.
About Craig Huey:
Craig Huey is a longtime direct-response marketing strategist and publisher who focuses on the intersection of faith, politics, culture, and economic freedom. He is president of ElectionForum.org and the founder of Creative Direct Marketing Group (CDMG), where his team has tested thousands of marketing variables and earned more than 100 industry awards. Craig publishes commentary at CraigHuey.com and co-hosts media projects that equip Americans to understand what’s happening—and what to do next.
[1] https://www.cfr.org/articles/who-control-panama-canal
[2] https://www.uscc.gov/research/china-venezuela-fact-sheet-short-primer-relationship
[3] https://www.cfr.org/articles/greenlands-independence-what-would-mean-us-interests?
[4] https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-heavy-reliance-iranian-oil-imports-2026-03-21/
[5] https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article4457873/hegseth-indonesian-counterpart-announce-defense-partnership/
[6] https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXKIhx2gSkR/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA%3D%3D