Month: May 2025

Red Dragon Files: Trump’s Retreat on Chinese Tariffs — May Embolden China to Screw Us, Again

Red Dragon Files: Trump’s Retreat on Chinese Tariffs — May Embolden China to Screw Us, Again Wall Street might have surged on the news. But if you’re standing on the factory floor, running a mining site, or trying to build anything in America — the mood is very different. This last week, we saw President

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Bible Trundles: Moses Transformation at the Burning Bush and Life’s Turning Points

MOSES’ TRANSFORMATION May 18, 2025 (500 words) “Meanwhile: The Fire That Doesn’t Burn Out” Life’s Transitions and Transformations at the Burning Bush on Mount Horeb Mount Horeb—also known as Sinai—is where Moses first encountered God’s fire and later received His law. Transformation begins and returns there. There’s a sacred stretch the Bible calls “meanwhile.” It’s

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Red Dragon Files: The Illusion of Success and Why the China Tariff Pause Is Not a Victory (950 words) by Michael Stevens

The Illusion of Success: Why the China Tariff Pause Is Not a Victory Red Dragon Files Op-Ed Thought Brief | May 2025 In geopolitics, outcomes matter more than optics. The public may be distracted by headlines and slogans, but markets, manufacturers, and adversaries are watching something else: the numbers. In a global economic confrontation—especially one

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The Gathering Storm Series: Part 11 – Epilogue: The World Reconsiders (400 words) by Michael Stevens

The Gathering Storm Series: Epilogue: The World Reconsiders Empires often fall behind closed doors. This one is breaking in the open. For decades, China promised partnership but delivered control. It sold growth, but extracted dependency. Nations signed the deals. China wrote the terms. One-sided trade. Lopsided influence. A slow erosion of sovereignty disguised as opportunity.

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The Gathering Storm Series: Part 10 – The Dragon’s Cracked Scales: Xi Jinping’s Waning Grip (500 words) by Michael Stevens

The Gathering Storm Series: Part 10 – The Dragon’s Cracked Scales: Xi Jinping’s Waning Grip Empires don’t fall with a bang. They rot from within.Today’s China—bloated with debt, braced by propaganda, and bruised by unrest—carries all the signs. The illusion of strength endures. But behind the red banners and state slogans, a storm brews within

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The Red Dragon Files – Introduction to Updates on Red China’s Global Threats

The Red Dragon Files – Introduction to Updates on Red China’s Global Threats (This is an ongoing posts from future news or old revelations) (400 words) From Storm to Surveillance: The Struggle Continues The Gathering Storm mapped the rise of Communist China—its reach, methods, and ambitions. What began as trade leverage and soft diplomacy hardened

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The Gathering Storm Series: Part 9 – The Dragon’s Coin: Breaking the Dollar, Buying the World (750 words) by Michael Stevens

The Gathering Storm Series: Part 9 – The Dragon’s Coin: Breaking the Dollar, Buying the World Follow the Coin Empires do not rise with gunfire. They rise on coin. On trade. On control of what the world needs—and who gets it. That was the essence of mercantilism centuries ago. And it is the beating heart

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