China news: Former Navy Seal warns ‘we are in a second version of the Carter administration’ after Xi’s private warning to Biden

A former Navy Seal has warned “we are in a second version of the Carter administration” in a chilling assessment of Xi Jinping’s US affairs.

Speaking on GB News, Eric Prince said Joe Biden is increasingly failing when it comes to foreign policy.

He cited Red Sea conflicts, where US Navy warships have been shot at by Houthi rebels “without consequence”.

“You can now apparently show at US Navy warships hundreds of times and shoot Americans in the Middle East without consequence”, he said.

“You have the Houthis that have even blocked one of the busiest waterways of the planet, taking out more than 50 per cent of the global container trade.

“It’s a catastrophic loss of American credibility and deterrence, started really by our inability to finish properly in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it’s just cascaded from there.”

It comes amid ongoing tension in Asia, where China’s military continues to squeeze Taiwan.

Prince told Jacob Rees-Mogg he expects Xi Jinping to act swiftly and exploit Joe Biden’s apparent weakness on the matter.

“I would be surprised if they don’t try something under the Biden administration”, he said.

“I’m sure they have to feel like the door is wide open for them to do whatever it is they do.”

China has been ramping up the pressure ahead of a pivotal presidential race in Taiwan, an island it has long viewed as a province.

Later in the discussion, the podcast host spoke on NATO’s role in policing ongoing worldwide conflicts, stating Donald Trump was “absolutely right” about the body “not paying their share”.

He said: “President Trump was right to complain about NATO not paying their share. I think it’s only five or six of the 28 countries that are members that still pay 2 per cent of their GDP in defense.

“Germany still vastly underfunds their military. Less than half of their tanks are functional.

“A huge amount of defense stocks have been transferred from those NATO countries to Ukraine and have been consumed in the battlefield.

“They haven’t been replaced yet and so Europe has a bit of a wake up call. They need to crank up that industrial base.

“Otherwise they’re going to find there’s not the supply they need when they need it.”