In Wednesday’s newsletter, Bill included this clip from an RFA commentary by Laing Jing, translated by David Kelly:

Trump's hawkish ministers are playing a big game. They know that due to his major mistakes in the epidemic and the Hong Kong issues, Xi is in his most dangerous predicament since taking office. The US has a chance that it dared not imagine: to force Xi to step down, completely changing the confrontation between the US and China.

Bill commented: This is interesting speculation that jibes in part with what I have heard. However, how vulnerable may Xi really be?

I’m interested to know what others have heard about this: specifically, do the hawks really think this is possible? And if so, How would they see that playing out?

It seems highly implausible, unless I, with my relatively limited knowledge, am missing something. Any thoughts on this?