Ep. 2426 - EVERYBODY’S LYING: Trump Outplays China’s Xi!

In this episode of The Ben Shapiro Show, Shapiro dismantles the narrative that President Trump is at a disadvantage in his summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. He argues that the media's portrayal of China as a rising power with leverage over the U.S. is false, pointing to China's economic struggles, demographic decline, massive debt, and reliance on Middle Eastern oil—now disrupted by the Iran conflict. Shapiro highlights Trump’s diplomatic wins: China agreeing to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, oppose Iranian nuclear weapons, and increase purchases of American oil. He also critiques Democratic criticism of Trump’s China policy as hypocritical, given Democrats’ own alliances with authoritarian regimes. The episode then shifts to a broader critique of anti-capitalist sentiment in the U.S., using Joe Rogan’s advocacy for oil nationalization and public opposition to AI data centers as examples of economic illiteracy. Shapiro warns that such policies—driven by Luddism and anti-market ideology—would hand strategic advantages to China. He concludes with a discussion on China’s global port infrastructure strategy, which gives them long-term economic and geopolitical leverage, and a brief segment on Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, whom Democrats label a fascist for advocating public safety and mental health interventions, a stance Shapiro defends as common sense.