🚨 Japan just declared China the biggest threat to world order since World War II.
Not Russia. Not Iran. China.
Their 2025 defense report is a wake-up call for the entire free world.
Here’s what it says—and why it matters 🧵
Not Russia. Not Iran. China.
Their 2025 defense report is a wake-up call for the entire free world.
Here’s what it says—and why it matters 🧵
2/ Japan’s official 2025 defense white paper:
“China is the greatest strategic challenge Japan has faced since WWII.”
This is the most direct language Tokyo has used in decades.
The CCP’s aggression isn’t just a regional issue—it’s a global one.
“China is the greatest strategic challenge Japan has faced since WWII.”
This is the most direct language Tokyo has used in decades.
The CCP’s aggression isn’t just a regional issue—it’s a global one.
3/ What triggered this?
🇨🇳 Chinese jets and warships violating Japanese airspace
🇨🇳 Helicopters launched from “fishing boats” near the Senkaku Islands
🇨🇳 Taiwan surrounded by near-constant military drills
And a 30-year military buildup with no transparency.
🇨🇳 Chinese jets and warships violating Japanese airspace
🇨🇳 Helicopters launched from “fishing boats” near the Senkaku Islands
🇨🇳 Taiwan surrounded by near-constant military drills
And a 30-year military buildup with no transparency.
4/ After 80 years, Japan is rearming fast.
– $69B defense budget (1.8% of GDP)
– Plans to reach 2% by 2027
– New unified command for land, sea, and air
– Massive upgrades to missile defense, drones, and cyber
Biggest regional shift since the 1940s.
rodmartin.org/p/the-remilita…
– $69B defense budget (1.8% of GDP)
– Plans to reach 2% by 2027
– New unified command for land, sea, and air
– Massive upgrades to missile defense, drones, and cyber
Biggest regional shift since the 1940s.
rodmartin.org/p/the-remilita…
5/ Japan isn’t alone.
They’re deepening military alliances with:
🇺🇸 The U.S.
🇮🇳 India
🇵🇭 The Philippines
🇮🇩 Indonesia
🇦🇺 Australia
It’s the rise of an Indo-Pacific NATO, and China knows it.
They’re deepening military alliances with:
🇺🇸 The U.S.
🇮🇳 India
🇵🇭 The Philippines
🇮🇩 Indonesia
🇦🇺 Australia
It’s the rise of an Indo-Pacific NATO, and China knows it.
6/ Why this matters for America:
Japan is on the front lines of a coming conflict.
If China invades Taiwan, Japan is pulled in—automatically.
And under Trump’s leadership, we’re building a coalition that can actually stop that war from happening.
Japan is on the front lines of a coming conflict.
If China invades Taiwan, Japan is pulled in—automatically.
And under Trump’s leadership, we’re building a coalition that can actually stop that war from happening.
7/ China’s reaction? Total meltdown.
Their foreign ministry accused Japan of “interfering” in internal affairs.
Translation: They fear Japan waking up.
They fear the world uniting.
They fear strength.
Their foreign ministry accused Japan of “interfering” in internal affairs.
Translation: They fear Japan waking up.
They fear the world uniting.
They fear strength.
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