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Sep 4, 10 tweets

🚨 FAKE UNITY EXPOSED 🚨

China, Russia, and India just staged a “show of solidarity” at the SCO Summit.

But beneath the smiles and handshakes, the cracks are HUGE. And those cracks are America’s opportunity.

Trump knows it.

🧵👇

2/ Xi Jinping strutted in Tianjin preaching:

• “True multilateralism”
• “Oppose the Cold War mentality”
• Billions in “aid” and infrastructure bribes

Translation: China wants to build an anti-West bloc under Beijing’s leadership. So what else is new?

3/ Putin played backup singer, blaming NATO and the West for his invasion of Ukraine.

But Russia’s “unlimited partnership” with China? It’s a marriage of desperation.

When Ukraine winds down, even Moscow knows it needs Europe more than Beijing.

rodmartin.org/p/chinas-desig…

4/ India? Totally different story.

Yes, Modi smiled, walked hand-in-hand with Putin, and joined the summit.

But he skipped Xi’s parade. He knows China is India’s #1 threat—from border clashes to Beijing’s alliance with Pakistan.

rodmartin.org/p/pakistans-cr…

5/ India’s doctrine is “strategic autonomy.” They’ll lean toward whoever offers the most benefit at the time.

But long-term? The math is simple:

11 of the world’s top 15 economies are democracies aligned with the U.S.

India knows where prosperity lies.

6/ Remember: India still depends on Chinese and Russian supply chains. That makes a clean break risky—politically and economically.

But give it time. The trajectory is clear: closer to America, further from Beijing.

7/ Border bloodshed tells the real story.

In 2020, Indian & Chinese soldiers fought with clubs and stones in Galwan Valley. 20 Indians died.

They still hold 1/5 of Kashmir.

No amount of summit smiles erases that reality. India does not trust China—and never will.

8/ Russia doesn’t trust China either.

Nor should they. Xi is draining Russia's treasury of gold and Yuan to pay huge prices for supplies, while paying Russia a fraction of market price for oil.

The CCP is treating Russia as a colony. But for now Russia is trapped.

9/ The West should stop panicking about an “unstoppable bloc.”

It’s fake unity.
It’s brittle.

Xi & Putin may smile for cameras. But behind the curtain? They’re weak. And their "alliance" can't last. 🇺🇸

rodmartin.org/p/deep-dive-th…

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