In 2022, I made a life-changing decision. I walked away from my job to do something I never imagined — write a book. That book became Mao’s America: A Survivor’s Warning a.co/d/01jk7Q1i — about two Cultural Revolutions: one I survived in China 50 years ago, and one is unfolding in the United States. But a bigger question remained: How did Communist China become America’s most powerful adversary?
 That led me to write Made in America: The Hidden History of How the U.S. Enabled Communist China and Created Our Greatest Threat. a.co/d/0aCpDOfa This isn’t just history.
It’s the missing story of how we got here.

The only tangible result of the summit 😂😂😂

Not everyone knows that the CCP’s First Lady is also a popular singer. Her singing career began in 1980, when she was 18 and was accepted into the military entertainment troupe. Here is a clip of her performing in 1997.

At the state dinner tonight, Trump touched on U.S.-China history during WWII and the origin of “gung ho.” Few Americans really know that history. The U.S. fought alongside the Nationalist government against Japan, while the CCP was largely hiding in the caves of Yan’an, focusing on preserving and expanding its forces. Even Lt. Col. Evans Carlson, the Marine who popularized “gung ho” after observing Chinese Communist organizers, admired their organization and compared their spirit to that of early Christians. From the beginning, Americans failed to understand the CCP’s true nature. That failure had enormous consequences: the CCP took over China and eventually became a rival to the United States. President Trump has been unusually clear about the threat posed by Communist China. I am grateful he is in the White House confronting a threat that America itself helped create through decades of misguided engagement. Read my book to learn more about the history we were never taught: Made in America: The Hidden History of How the U.S. Enabled Communist China and Created Our Greatest Threat. 👇

What Xi’s wife, Peng Liyuan, wore today is the traditional Chinese dress called a qipao. It reminded me of another Chinese First Lady. In 1963, PRC’s President Liu Shaoqi visited Indonesia with his wife, Wang Guangmei, in what was one of the earliest high-profile examples of Chinese first-lady diplomacy. Wang wore a beautiful qipao. During the Cultural Revolution, Liu was purged by Mao. Wang’s elegant appearance during the Indonesia visit—including her qipao and jewelry—was later used against her as evidence of her alleged “bourgeois” lifestyle. In 1967, Red Guards forced Wang to wear the same qipao during a struggle session, along with a mocking necklace made from ping-pong balls. She was publicly humiliated and later imprisoned for 12 years. Wang survived. Liu did not. He died in 1969, isolated and imprisoned. An ugly chapter in the history of the CCP.

The first U.S. president to receive a foreign leader at Andrews Air Force Base was Eisenhower, who greeted Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on September 15, 1959. The USSR lost the Cold War. Xi thinks he will be different?

Yes, I am going to Cornerstone University. Looking forward to meeting Yeonmi Park @YeonmiParkNK in person!

It is painful to see an American serviceman carrying the CCP flag—a flag stained red with the blood of tens of millions murdered under the Chinese Communist regime.

Who persecutes Christians? Communists and Islamists. Both hate Christianity—and the Christian foundation on which our freedom rests.

Only idiots will believe that gas prices will be better under Communism. More than likely, you will own no car, as the slogan says “You will own nothing and you will be happy.”

Last night, I had the honor of speaking to the TPUSA chapter at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Like many universities, UNLV has a prominent progressive and socialist presence. I was greeted on campus by a huge BLM mural. But UNLV also has a strong—and growing—conservative student movement. Last night’s event brought together a coalition of local conservative groups and activists who are committed to fighting to take our country back. I’m so glad to be part of this grassroots movement. @keanallendino

It is astonishing that people still believe they can collaborate with the CCP—this time on AI. The CCP has a long record of signing agreements and treaties, then ignoring the rules it agreed to. And in Communist China, scientists are not independent. They serve the Party—a Party that seeks to weaponize AI for global dominance. It seems some people refuse to learn from history—or perhaps they have an agenda of their own.

Not far from the Jefferson Memorial is the FDR Memorial—an expansive cluster of statues. Next to his statue is a wall carving of FDR’s famous “Four Freedoms”—two “of” and two “from”: Freedom of Speech. Freedom of Religion. Freedom from Want. Freedom from Fear. The first two are rooted in the Constitution. But “freedom from want” is fundamentally Communist. “Freedom from fear,” at best, is a justification for big government: promising to protect us from every risk and hardship.

Yesterday I was pleasantly surprised to discover the George Mason Memorial in Washington, DC. Mason is one of the most important—and often overlooked—Founding Fathers. He insisted that the Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution to protect individual rights against concentrated government power. The memorial features three books: Locke, Cicero, and Rousseau. How did Rousseau—whose ideas later influenced Karl Marx—end up on George Mason’s memorial? I believe the Bible should have been there instead. Our rights are from God, not the government—something the radicals want Americans to forget.

Thanks to the Blue-Red-Green alliance.

Remember Charlie. I had the honor of being interviewed by Charlie several times. He also endorsed my very first book, Mao’s America: A Survivor’s Warning. I will always be grateful for the encouragement and support he gave me. The last time I saw Charlie on stage was at the Trump Rally in Atlanta, where he invited me to be a speaker. I always hoped that one day I would meet Charlie in person. I took it for granted that there would always be another opportunity. Then came the devastating news of his assassination. It’s hard to believe that a year has already passed. It feels like yesterday. Rest in peace, Charlie. You were one of the greatest Americans of our time, and I will always be grateful that our paths crossed.

Fifty years ago today, news came that Mao had died. Like hundreds of millions of Chinese, I remember exactly where I was when I heard it. Like everyone around me, I was terrified of a future without Mao, our “living god.” I could not imagine a world without him. I spent my entire childhood and adolescence under Mao. Yet, I did not begin to grasp the full extent of his crimes against the Chinese people until I left China and gained access to uncensored information. Yes, you can live through a regime’s horrors without fully understanding its atrocities when subjected to relentless propaganda and indoctrination. History is not taught—not in China, and sadly not in America either. Fifty years after his death, Mao has gained new admirers, especially among the young. Chinese youth grow up knowing little of the Great Famine, the Cultural Revolution, or the tens of millions who died under his rule. To many, he remains a national hero. In America, radical progressives like Hasan Piker—with millions of followers—openly celebrate Mao as one of history’s greatest leaders. We must teach history, the real history. History repeats itself when we refuse to learn from it.

#TrySocialism = try suicide!

Labor Day: The History That Matters In 1894, workers at George Pullman’s model company town outside Chicago went on strike after the Depression of 1893 led to wage cuts while company-owned rents remained high. Eugene V. Debs and the American Railway Union joined the fight, launching a nationwide boycott that disrupted rail traffic across the country. The conflict turned violent. President Cleveland sent federal troops into Chicago. The strike was crushed. Workers gained little, Debs went to jail. and the Congress made the Labor Day a national holiday. Debs later emerged from jail a committed socialist and ran for president 5 times on socialist tickets. Yet the socialist revolution Marxists predicted never came to America. American workers instead achieved higher wages, shorter hours, benefits, and a path into a growing middle class—without revolution. Later, Marxists started to turn their attention to race, culture, and institutions as alternative paths to social transformation—a shift known as Cultural Marxism. So this Labor Day, remember the Pullman Strike. And remember: the struggle between capitalism, socialism, and revolution continues to this day.