Du Wen: CCP Officials Call Trump "Unpredictable and Uncontrollable"

On November 6, 2024, former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivered a speech during the election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Screenshot from Kaixin Tianxia video)

November 7, 2024 — Donald Trump’s upcoming return to the White House seems to strike fear in the hearts of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which has suffered the impact of U.S.-China trade wars. How do CCP officials view Trump? Insiders reveal that CCP officials consider Trump "unpredictable and uncontrollable," and a leader who strikes hard at the Party.

On November 6, Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. Current President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have already called Trump to congratulate him on his victory.

The 2024 U.S. election has been the most watched political event globally, with significant implications for the next four years of U.S. political and economic policy, as well as global geopolitical and economic developments. Allies and rivals alike closely followed the election results.

So, what is the internal assessment of Trump within the CCP?

Du Wen, former executive director of the Legal Advisory Office of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region government and legal adviser to senior officials such as Batel and Hu Chunhua, was falsely implicated in a government bribery case and sentenced to 12 years and 8 months in prison. After being released in January 2023, Du Wen fled to Europe.

On November 4, Du Wen posted on social media platform X, sharing how CCP Foreign Ministry officials have described Trump.

According to Du Wen, a former bureau-level official who had close ties to a senior Foreign Ministry leader disclosed that this leader once angrily criticized Trump, saying that while Trump praised Xi Jinping in public, he fiercely targeted the CCP and Xi in private. The official described Trump as someone who “stabs us in the back and aims for vital areas.”

He added that the CCP views Trump as "unpredictable, uncontrollable, and inscrutable." To better understand Trump, the CCP assembled a team of experts to analyze him based on reliable intelligence. The conclusion was that Trump’s IQ is very high, far above average.

Du Wen relayed that the former bureau-level official said, “The experts believed that although Trump may appear unreliable, he is actually quite dependable, albeit with a thought process that differs from most people. Ultimately, his actions are driven by self-interest, meaning he would not act against his own benefit.”

In response to online questions, Du Wen explained in the comments section that he learned about this while in prison from an official who was a former bureau chief. This official was a classmate at the Central Party School with the mentioned senior Foreign Ministry leader.

Du Wen’s revelations sparked significant discussion online.

One user, "Fukuzawa Kazuo," commented, "Trump is indeed reliable. The CCP fears him most as president; he views the CCP as the greatest threat to the U.S. Reagan ended the Soviet Union, and Trump might aim to end the CCP. His idol is Reagan."

Another user, "Thanscend," wrote, "All CCP interest groups hate Trump."

In January 2017, Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Early the following year, Trump signed a memorandum stating that "China (the CCP) steals American intellectual property and trade secrets," leading to tariffs on Chinese imports as a measure under U.S. law to pressure the CCP to change its "unfair trade practices." This marked the start of the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. The CCP adopted delaying tactics, negotiating while fighting until Trump left office. However, the Biden administration maintained Trump’s economic policies toward China.

On November 6, with Trump elected as the 47th President of the U.S., the CCP Foreign Ministry spokesperson congratulated him only in response to a journalist’s question. Xi Jinping has not yet commented on the U.S. presidential election results, despite having recently sent congratulatory messages to the newly elected presidents of Botswana and Fiji.

Editor: Zheng Haoyu