Trump claims Beijing is ‘building an army’ INSIDE the U.S. with the ‘military-aged men’ among the more than 46,000 Chinese migrants who have crossed the border

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday expressed concern that China could be building an army inside the United States, with all the Chinese immigrants crossing the border.

The president spoke on the subject during a interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt, who noted reports that 46,000 Chinese citizens had crossed the southern border in the last two years.

“They’re probably building an army from within,” Trump said. “I mean, look what’s going on, because for the most part they’re very healthy young men.”

Illegal Chinese migrants line up in front of U.S. Border Patrol agents at the U.S.-Mexico border in Jacumba Hot Springs, California.

Trump boasted that during his administration he had the “most secure border in history,” but that Biden undid all his executive efforts to secure the country.

He pointed to the type of Chinese immigrants crossing the southern border as evidence that China was working to build a military inside the United States.

‘They are young and healthy. I see the photos of them. I also see them on television tapes,” she said. “I mean these are young, healthy people.”

On Tuesday, U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 182 Chinese citizens who crossed the southern border into the United States. In the San Diego sector, the number of Chinese immigrants now exceeds the number of Mexican citizens crossing into the US.

President Donald J. Trump visits mile 450 of the new border wall near the Texas-Mexico border.

Chinese immigrants attempting to cross into the U.S. from Mexico are detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the border on November 11, 2023 in Jacumba, California.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that 37,000 Chinese nationals were detained in 2023 while crossing illegally from Mexico into the United States, 50 times more than two years ago. according to CBS.

Trump has made the issue of migrants crossing the border a central issue of his campaign, promising to stop the “Biden border bloodbath” if he is elected president.

Hewitt also expressed concern that China was increasing its military fleet by an estimated 425 ships in just a couple more years, even as the US Navy was reducing its fleet.

Trump said that while he was president, he was on track to increase the number of ships built for the US Navy, but that Biden canceled his plans.

“They look like yachts with a lot of guns, a lot of guns,” he said. ‘But, and they have really turned out well. But we were delivering a lot of boats and then this guy comes along and he has no idea what he’s doing.