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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ep. 2423 - 5 Reasons Why Trump Holds All The Cards On China

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News Commentary, News

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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President Trump heads to China and we run down why he holds all the cards; Pete Davidson makes perhaps the worst joke of all time; and we discuss whether Elliot Page will be playing Achilles… and what ever happened to missing actress Ellen Page? Ep. 2423 Watch Ben's "China" video from Aug. 2023: https://youtu.be/I30A5Z63Uyk - - - Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://dwplus.watch/BenShapiroMemberExclusive - - - Today's Sponsors: PureTalk - Visit https://PureTalk.com/SHAPIRO to claim UNLIMITED hi-speed data for just $34.99 ExpressVPN - Go to https://expressvpn.com/ben and find out how you can get 4 months of ExpressVPN free! ZipRecruiter - Post jobs FOR FREE at https://ZipRecruiter.com/DAILYWIRE - - - DailyWire+: Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. 📰 Follow Ben on the Daily Wire app or DailyWire.com to read his daily articles and receive his Friday newsletter. 📘 Ben's book "Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics)" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/LionsandScavengers 👕 Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://dwplus.shop/BenShapiroMerch - - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3cXUn53  Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QtuibJ  Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TTirqd  Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RPyBiB - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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President Trump is headed to China in two days.

1:34.7

Now, according to the legacy media,

1:36.3

President Trump is in a weak position.

1:38.2

He has no cards to play.

1:39.4

The Chinese have the upper hand.

1:41.8

This is total crap.

1:44.0

President Trump has spent a decade totally reshifting the global

1:47.1

power map. China is in trouble. And President Trump is heading into the summit in a power position on

1:51.9

every front. Go back 10 years. Everyone said that China would be dominant 10 years ago. Wrong.

1:58.0

Well, today, America's critics, the left and the woke right, which is basically

2:02.0

the new left, they say that America should cede global power to multipolarity, which means

2:07.4

China and Russia. That's not just stupid. It makes them useful idiots, one of the world's worst

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