Daniel M Byrnes

@CHR15wP3TT5 @MarkLeberer @RickSanchezTV China’s “zero poverty” is misleading: it uses the ultra‑low $2.15‑a‑day line, which measures destitution, not real security. Millions live just above it, and 15–17% are below the more realistic $8.30‑a‑day upper‑middle‑income line—so “zero poverty” is funny‑math bullshit.

@DanielMByrnes @MarkLeberer @RickSanchezTV I’m betting you have zero evidence or stats to back that up 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾

Did you hear President Xi warning Trump about falling into the “Thucydides Trap”? Let me explain. China is negotiating from a position of absolute strength— and for once, Trump is facing a rival power that refuses to bend on tariffs, sanctions, Iran, or Taiwan. Xi’s message is clear: the era of uncontested American dominance is ending — and the US cannot afford a direct confrontation with Beijing over Taiwan.

@Its_ereko China accomplishes great things via centralized power, massive investment, and tight currency controls with a non‑floating yuan. It can’t be a true reserve‑currency power with those controls. Even so, 15–17% live below the upper‑middle‑income line—high for a world‑leading power.

China became a superpower because of: 1. The 1949 revolution that ended foreign domination 2. Land reform that broke the old landlord class 3. Industrialization driven by Chinese planning, not foreign aid 4. Massive investment in education and healthcare in the 1950s-70s 5. Strategic opening on China's own terms post-1978 The US never "invested" in China to make it strong. American companies came to China to make themselves richer, not China powerful. Cheap labor. Weak environmental rules. Tax breaks. That was the deal. China took those crumbs and built its own banks, its own supply chains, its own technology. Huawei. BYD. TSMC. High-speed rail. Beidou satellites. None of that came from US charity. Meanwhile, look at countries that actually relied on US "investment" as the main strategy. The Philippines. Mexico. Egypt. Where are their superpower statuses? The revolution created the foundation. Chinese discipline built the rest. The US was just an accidental landlord collecting rent until the tenant bought the building.

@PerpetualLogic @McFaul Exception not the rule. China removed 1M+ social media posts in early 2025, jailed critics & rights defenders, and scores just 9/100 on internet freedom. The US? 73/100. Same planet, different worlds.

@DanielMByrnes @McFaul Yes. And you can have a negative view in China without consequences. Chinese people protested against the government's "Zero-Covid" policy and the Chinese government scrapped it. Logic would make you understand that you can never prevent freaking 1.4B people from criticizing.

In case you forgot, Xi is a dictator. Trump must engage Xi to advance US national interests. But he does have to shower the Chairman of the Communist Party of China with compliments. Xi only sees Trump's sycophantic praise as a sign of weakness.

@CHR15wP3TT5 @MarkLeberer @RickSanchezTV China’s poverty rate looks dramatically different depending on who’s measuring and what standard they use. By its own low bar — near zero. By a standard appropriate for a country at China’s income level — closer to 11–17% worse than USA.

@DanielMByrnes @MarkLeberer @RickSanchezTV No shit sherlock. The difference between China🇨🇳 and MNA🇺🇸 is that China builds. Whereas MAGAZION is stuck in 19th century modes of domination, cruelty, subjugation and lawfare. It’s as if Mid North Americans just don’t know how to play on a level field. Bunch of mafia thugs 🤦🏾🤷🏾

@KevinCastley China’s poverty rate looks dramatically different depending on who’s measuring and what standard they use. By its own low bar — near zero. By a standard appropriate for a country at China’s income level — closer to 11–17% above that of the USA

When the president of China Xi Jinping was 32, he visited San Francisco In the time since, San Francisco has descended into drugs, tent cities, and hyper landlordism of late capitalism In contrast China has consolidated itself as a rich bulwark of communism with total alleviation of absolute poverty

@marlene4719 Having the State of NY bail you out basically is grift - just the political kind.

NYC Mayor Mamdani proved as long as you are not in politics for personal profit and grift, shit gets done.

@PerpetualLogic @McFaul Hardly, it is whether you are allowed to even have a negative view with out ci consequences.

@McFaul Democracy isn't about rigged elections and political clown shows. It's about majority of people in your country approving of your leadership.

@ProudSocialist China's has so many of its own problems it really can't fix. Economic model relies on currency control and a pegged undervalued Yuan. If they drop those their economic engine start to sputter and cough. Most of the world are financial messes including USA and China

Xi Jinping is putting on a clinic: “The whole world is watching our meeting. The International situation is turbulent. The world is at a new crossroads: Can China and the US overcome the Thucydides Trap and create a new paradigm to meet global challenges together.” The Thucydides Trap is the structural tension that occurs when a rapidly rising power (China) threatens to displace an established ruling power that is in decline (US). By mentioning the Thucydides trap, Xi Jinping is signaling that China is the new leader of the free world and what’s remarkable is, unlike the U.S., China achieved this without dropping bombs, waging endless wars, or spending $1 trillion a year on its military. Instead China became the leader of the free world by investing in its people with housing, education, health care, and the best modern infrastructure in the world, and investing in its neighbor countries through its Belt and Road Initiative, which has funded ports, railways, and energy networks across the Global South. The US became a “superpower” through endless wars, corruption, and selling out its own people to the billionaire class while China became a superpower and surpassed the US by building trade and relations with the world and investing in its people instead of wars. Americans would be wise to take note and then change our corrupt government.

@realgerhardtvdm All this shows is maybe Trump was right about the department of education🤦‍♂️

TRUMP IS CONSIDERING CHINESE AS A 2ND LANGUAGE IN ALL U.S. SCHOOLS. IT'S THE ONLY WAY FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO SURVIVE. ADVICE TO ALL AMERICANS, START LEARNING TO SPEAK CHINESE YOU'LL NEED THAT SKILL VERY VERY SOON. CHINA WON, IT'S OVER

@SirMichaelRocks Lots of mayors have to get the state to pull the out of fiscal crisis. Hardly the first or the last.

Can somebody educated in politics explain to me how Mamdani is able to do all this stuff but no other politician is ever able to make any noticeable progress? How does he evade the same bureaucracy the other politicians always blame for not being able to do shit?

@CHR15wP3TT5 @MarkLeberer @RickSanchezTV Growth is easy when you start with a lie number. China has it own very real set if economic and social issues.

@MarkLeberer @RickSanchezTV China overtook MNA🇺🇸 in PPP GDP in around 2015. China’s economic growth rate in 2025 was twice that of USA. This may be why MNA🇺🇸 is bullying & bombing. And it doesn’t have the imagination to stick to peaceful development. Gotta have wars, cause chaos and steal stuff!!

@MarkLeberer @RickSanchezTV These people are just sad Trump is President. China has a debt issue that is worsening faster than USA. Will never be a reserve currency due to fix exchange rate and capital controls and has a huge population replacement issue. USA has issue to but they are hardly alone.

this is silly ... China is not really leading in anything of importance ... GDP - USA #1 Military - USA #1 Global influence -USA #1 AI - USA #1 Per Capita Wealth - USA above China Freedom and Liberty - USA #1 ... please suggest where China is a global leader ...

@SaraEisen Being late to raise rates when inflation hit, and late to cut them, will go down in history as one of the Fed’s biggest blunders. Not exactly a legacy that should be remembered unless it to not repeat it!

Jay Powell’s last day as Chair is tomorrow, wrapping up 8 years of leading the Federal Reserve. His legacy: a champion for Fed independence, saving the world economy from a deep depression during the COVID shutdown, and fighting 41-year high inflation without wrecking the economy or jobs, achieving the rare soft landing.

@invis4yo NYS bailed him out which means the average person paid becaue supposedly rich don’t pay taxes🤦‍♂️. Then he raided the average workers pension fund, remeber how that worked for NYS under Pataki and Cuomo 😂

Mamdani taxed the rich and it literally fixed everything. Which is why the rich are so scared of him

@MAGAVoice 100%. Imagine a world where USA ans China are friendly and with Russia nolonger a power so much good can come from this.

BREAKING: President Xi stuns the room saying to Trump: “We should be partners, not rivals" 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 I NEVER in a million years would have thought Xi would say something like that The Deep State is shaking right now

@em_Lazzy Underfunding pensions is helping billionaires 🤦‍♂️

Mamdani taxed the rich and suddenly libraries work, potholes get fixed, childcare exists, and workers get paid more. That's why billionaires are losing it and want him gone!!!

@_nwblacksmith @RBReich Don’t confuse people with facts. They entire purpose of such ill-informed post is tonist engrain the lies.🤣

Self-made myth? Explain Jeff Bezos. Explain Bill Hewlett and David Packard Explain Michael Dell Explain Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker Explain Bob Miner, Ed Oates and Larry Ellison Explain Bill Boeing Explain Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore Explain Adolf "Adi" Dassler Explain Rudolf Dassler Explain Dietrich Mateschitz and Chaleo Yoovidhya Explain Nick Woodman Even BillG - sure, Bill Gates came from a wealthy family but he started small and grew Microsoft. It was not "handed" to him. I can go on for a long long time with these. Self-made is the way to go. You are just jealous of others but too lazy to do anything about it. You want to bring everyone else down by making them think that they are unable to improve themselves. Stupid innumerate Marxist parasite 🤡

There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars: 1) Profiting from a monopoly 2) Insider-trading 3) Political payoffs 4) Fraud 5) Inheritance Don’t believe the self-made myth.

@ricwe123 You should better understand the economic issues that China is facing. US Federal debt is only a small part of the picture. Non-financial public + private debt as part of GDP is worse in China than the USA. Both places have issues.

Let's cut all the crap and be real,China isn’t an enemy. It’s simply a competitor of the US and now the leading economic power. Why? Because China didn’t waste trillions on endless stupid wars. They invested in innovation, manufacturing and education. US politicians hate China’s success because it makes them look like clowns.... 🤡🤡🤡 (Matthew Whitaker, US Ambassador to NATO)

@RoKhanna Speaking of term limits, how about them for Senators and Representatives? Better place to start.

The next Democratic White House does not need a court reform commission like some college seminar. We need action. We need term limits for Justices. We need to expand this morally bankrupt Court from 9 to 13.

@Debradelai None of the political talk is true. They simply couldn't execute their business plan effectively enough. Spirit faced issues like rising costs, engine problems grounding planes, competition from larger carriers matching low fares with better service, and an inefficient network.

Bullcrap. 1. Airlines buy options for their fuel to keep themselves insulated from short term spikes. 2. Spirit has been technically in bankruptcy for eons. 3. Their fate was sealed when the Biden administration killed the merger with Jet Blue in March 2024. Your ignorance is mind boggling.