Chinese Threat Should Top Trump Pentagon Agenda

“Stability” of Communist Party Rule Is Not a U.S. Interest

The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability tracked a dramatic surge in apprehensions of Chinese nationals at the U.S. border. Data are through April 2024.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will host President Trump and 800 top military officers and their aides at an extraordinary meeting Tuesday at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia. There is much speculation about the purpose of the exercise, ranging from imminent reductions in force among the flag and general officer cohort, to sweeping reorganizations of some commands, to shifting focus to hemispheric defense and growing support for law enforcement in crime-ridden U.S. cities.

There is one item that had better be at the top of the agenda, however: The prospects for hostilities that could be initiated at any time by the Chinese Communist Party.