It’s often said that applying pressure reveals the true nature of things. Squeeze charcoal hard enough, and maybe you get a diamond; squeeze rotten fruit, and you just get a stink and a mess that stains everything. In international relations, the same principle applies.
When nations face challenges, particularly economic ones, their responses often peel back the polished veneer of diplomacy and show the rough, unvarnished wood beneath. The past week has seen President Trump continue his firm stance on China, implementing tariffs designed to level the playing field and demand fairness for American workers and businesses after decades of manipulation.
Predictably, the Beijing regime hasn’t taken kindly to being held accountable. We’ve seen the usual playbook run: declarations of victimhood, veiled threats, and rounds of state-sponsored propaganda painting America as the aggressor for simply asking China to play by the rules. It’s a tired script, frankly, one we’ve seen repeated time and again whenever the Chinese Communist Party feels cornered or challenged on its unfair advantages. Their responses are usually a mix of bluster and deflection, carefully calculated – or so they think – to project strength while avoiding any real introspection.
But this time feels different, at least to me. This time, the pressure seems to have squeezed out something truly ugly, something beyond the usual diplomatic posturing or economic saber-rattling. In their scramble to appear tough and unyielding in the face of President Trump’s resolve, the CCP apparatchiks reached deep into their historical playbook, pulling out a figure so monstrous, so drenched in blood, that it leaves decent people aghast. The sheer audacity is, frankly, something else.
In what can only be described as a moment of stunningly poor judgment, or perhaps chilling self-revelation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning took to social media. Her message to the world, intended as a defiant roar against American pressure? Footage of Mao Zedong himself, the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, declaring his intent to fight America back in the 1950s. The Breitbart News analysis cut right to the heart of the matter, highlighting the absolute insanity of the move:
From ‘Breitbart’:
No sane person on Earth, outside of the Communist elite, thinks Mao is an admirable model of leadership. Germany might as well have run some old footage of Hitler to declare its opposition to Trump’s tariffs.
Yeah, you read that right. Hitler. That’s the territory we’re in now, according to that comparison. Let that sink in. Seriously. To project strength, they invoked the architect of the Great Leap Forward, a man whose policies led directly to the deaths of tens of millions of his own people through starvation and brutal purges. Historians estimate the dead anywhere from 30 million to upwards of 55 million souls – a staggering mountain of corpses built on utopian ideology and ruthless power consolidation. This wasn’t just a political leader; this was, as Breitbart rightly identifies him, arguably the worst mass murderer in human history.
Is this really the figure the modern CCP chooses to rally behind? It boggles the mind. What message does this send, other than that the current regime under Xi Jinping sees Mao’s brutality not as a shameful past to be reckoned with, but as a source of inspiration? It speaks volumes about their disregard for human life and their own history, a history they constantly try to rewrite – whether it’s the horrors of Mao, the Tiananmen Square massacre, or the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. When will they ever face the truth about their own history, let alone be honest with the world?
And let me tell you, this isn’t just a diplomatic blunder or some bizarre PR mistake; what I see here is a terrifying glimpse into the core ideology holding China captive. It suggests a regime so desperate to defend its trade abuses, so rattled by President Trump’s push for fairness, that it openly embraces the legacy of a tyrant responsible for unimaginable suffering.
It tells us, loud and clear, that the lives and well-being of the Chinese people are utterly secondary to the power and prestige of the Communist Party elite, particularly Xi Jinping, who seems absolutely determined to cast himself in Mao’s giant, blood-stained shadow. Choosing Mao over Deng Xiaoping – a leader who, let’s be honest, had his own serious issues but at least pretended to open China up a crack – signals a frightening regression towards totalitarian purity.
This grotesque display isn’t strength; it’s the political equivalent of a cornered animal baring its teeth. It’s a confession of weakness, a bankrupt ideology resorting to its most monstrous icon because it has nothing better to offer. It’s a reminder that beneath the gleaming skyscrapers and manipulated economic statistics, the CCP remains fundamentally rooted in a philosophy that sees individual human beings as nothing more than expendable cogs in the state machine. If anyone ever doubted why President Trump needs to be tough on China, this should clear things up immediately.
They may talk about cooperation, win-win scenarios, and shared futures on the world stage, but when pushed, they proudly, almost gleefully, wave the banner of a man who perfected tyranny on a scale almost unmatched in history. The mask hasn’t just slipped; they’ve ripped it off and thrown it down for all to see. They’ve shown us who they really are, nakedly and without shame. The least we can do is believe them and act accordingly, standing firm for freedom and refusing to be intimidated by the ghost of a monster.
Sources: Breitbart
