November 07, 2026
After Election, China Now Challenging U.S. in Philippines
Timothy Birdnow
And so it begins.
With the U.S. in an insane self-imposed decline and President Trump wounded like a lion shot by big game hunters, the Chinese are going to take advantage of the fact and directly challenge us in Taiwan, sending carriers beyond the U.S. defensive barriers in the South China sea, leading to a faceoff between America and the People's Republic of China.
From the South China Morning Post:
China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier strike group sailed beyond the first island chain last week to reach the southernmost waters of the Philippines, suggesting an intent to position itself closer to ongoing US-Japan joint exercises.Philippine news channel BNC reported that the carrier group reached about 25 nautical miles (46km) east-southeast of Balut Island, the southernmost point of the Philippines, before sailing northeast on Friday.
That positioned the warships past the first island chain, a US-led strategic arc of maritime chokepoints running from Japan through Taiwan to the Philippines.
The four-strong Liaoning strike group includes the Type 055 large guided-missile destroyers Wuxi and Anshan, and the Type 052D guided-missile destroyer Huainan.
This is a direct challenge to the United States, a show of disrespect for a lame-duck President and an America whose resurgence has now failed. It's just the beginning; all of our enemies will start doing this to us now that the Democrats are coming back
The article continues:
If the carrier group holds its northeastward course, it could eventually enter the Philippine Sea, where American and Japanese forces are conducting their biennial Keen Sword exercise.
They may not go that far, but they will certainly go right up to the edge; this is pure power politics, to humiliate Trump and show Americans that we are weak. And we are, but purely by choice.
Elections have consequences and not always the obvious ones. This last election was about Iran in no small part, to show displeasure that the President was prioritizing our national security over an immediate relief of some pain. A nation so pusillanimous and selfish is by it's very nature weak and the Chicoms are going to show that fact to the world. Weakness invites attack, or just messing with us.
This probably won't lead to war with the U.S. - yet. But most wars start like this, with a provocation that often goes unanswered. After the Democrats take power the Chicoms will know there will be no U.S. response to larger provocations and eventually they will be able to simply stroll into Taiwan unopposed. Then we will have a terrible choice; defend an old ally or let the Chinese take over the whole region (including Japan). The Democrats will choose the latter.
If the French had stopped Hitler in the Sudatenland the Second World War would have been avoided. But they chickened out. Weakness invites attack.
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2 years ago the Philippines outlawed online gambling. Since then uncovered illegal gambling sites have been found in legitimate Chinese owned businesses,one was said to have people held against their will to operate these illegal activities. The Philippines retaliated by expelling 538 Chinese teachers teaching Chinese to Philippine students. There also have been run ins by the Philippines Navy with Chinese vessels over a disputed island in Philippine waters. A video showed the Philippine Navy firing water cannons at Chinese ships several months ago. That China is sailing its Navy towards the Phillipines is just China flexing its muscle and an ongoing dispute between the 2 nations. China is going to need that Navy in its home waters as protests are erupting across China over unpaid wages by their workers.People have gone unpaid for several months. Where people once bragged online about how much they got paid its now how long they have gone unpaid.
Posted by: Mike at November 07, 2026 02:08 PM (1xnI2)
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