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9:29Now PlayingEverybody is watching Iran, Hormuz, oil prices, Trump’s foreign policy, NATO, Ukraine, and the chaos here at home. But China is watching something else: America’s distraction.
In this video, Navy veteran Ben Dykes breaks down why China is studying America’s political division, U.S. Navy readiness, shipbuilding weakness, critical infrastructure vulnerabilities, and whether the United States still has the will to deter a major crisis in the Pacific.
China does not need America to lose in the Middle East. China just needs America stretched thin, divided, exhausted, and slow to respond. That is why the real warning light is not only in the Strait of Hormuz — it is in the Pacific.
We’ll look at what China may be watching inside the United States, why it matters for Taiwan, why the U.S. Navy and shipbuilding base are so important, and why America First must mean mission discipline — not strategic distraction.
America First does not mean America asleep. It means America focused.
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