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Iran Update: Israel’s Newest Bombing Campaign, the Oncoming War With China and How to Avoid It

Tucker Carlson Show · 4 May 2026 · 2 Egleze moments

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Published: 4 May 2026
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China Building Strategic Railroad Through Iran Now Being Bombed by US and Israel

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The latest completed railroad in their Five Base Road Initiative railroads was probably the most strategic one in many ways. It brings China's Pacific ports all the way around on land and then intended was up the Persian Gulf along the old route that we used to resupply the Soviet Union during World War II and eventually into the Caucasus and beyond. And now we're bombing it.

Colonel Wilkerson reveals that the US and Israel are actively bombing Chinese-built infrastructure in Iran, specifically targeting a critical Belt and Road Initiative railroad. This strategic railway would allow Chinese goods to reach Europe in 16 hours versus days by sea, fundamentally reshaping global commerce and potentially rendering US maritime power less relevant.

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Xi Jinping Announces Plan to Replace US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency

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This latest edict by Xi Jinping says, we are essentially triumphant in every element of global power but one. Now we're going to take on that one. And that one is financial control. And that means the renminbi being substituted for the dollar in everything from oil sales to you name it. It will become the transactional and reserve currency.

According to Wilkerson, China has officially announced plans to challenge dollar dominance in global finance, targeting 60-70% of world transactions. This would eliminate the US ability to impose sanctions and fundamentally alter American economic power, which Wilkerson notes has been used to sanction 30% of the world's countries.

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