CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 27, 2026
NOW THAT WE HAVE HAD TIME TO DIGEST THAT SUMMIT MEETING EARLIER THIS MONTH BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND XI JING PING, WE CAN HAVE SOME PERSPECTIVE.
AS MILES YU, DIRECTOR OF THE CHINA CENTER AT THE HUDSON INSTITUTE WRITES IN THE WASHINGTON TIMES:
“THE SUMMIT REVEALED A DANGEROUS TEMPTATION IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY – THE DESIRE TO SUBSTITUTE COMFORTING ILLUSIONS FOR STRATEGIC CLARITY.”
YU GIVES EXAMPLES: “THE MYTH OF THE ‘THUCYDIDES TRAP’ – THE CLAIM THAT CONFLICT BETWEEN CHINA AND THE U.S. IS INEVITABLE BECAUSE A RISING CHINA IS DISPLACING A DECLINING AMERICA.”
SECOND, XI JING PING IS TRAPPED NOT BY GEOPOLITICAL REALITY, BUT BY MARXIST-LENINIST DOGMA, WHICH INSISTS CAPITALISM IS COLLAPSING AND COMMUNIST VICTORY IS TRIUMPHANTLY INEXORABLE.
THIRD, TAIWAN IS NOT THE CORE ISSUE. THE CENTRAL ISSUE IS THE IRRECONCILABLE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE CCP’S AUTHORITARIAN IDEOLOGY AND THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES OF THE FREE WORLD.
TAIWAN IS ALREADY INDEPENDENT. BEIJING FALSELY CLAIMS TAIWAN IS “GOING INDEPENDENT,” A CLAIM THAT PROMOTES INSTABILITY ACROSS THE TAIWAN STRAIGHT.
THERE’S PLENTY MORE FROM MR. WU IN TUESDAY’S WASSHINGTON TIMES. DON’T BE FOOLED BY COMMUNISTS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
