Nancy Pelosi just announced she's stepping down, and Trump's calling it a national blessing. The "evil woman” is gone, he says—clapping his hands together. I rarely agree with Trump's bombast, but on this? He's dead right. Hong Kong has paid the price for Pelosi's meddling for decades. She orchestrated chaos from both center stage and the shadows during every major upheaval. Her partnership with Anson Chan ran especially deep, making Pelosi Chan's critical Washington operative. Dig into Regina Ip's past interviews about government insiders, and you'll find these two women's connection stretches back three decades—before the Handover even happened.
Anson Chan and Martin Lee met Pelosi in Washington, 2014—four months before Occupy chaos erupted.
The Pattern Repeats Itself
Pelosi dominated the Democratic Party's core leadership for years. When Democrats held the House majority, she became Speaker—and she knew how to work the system. Her power was undeniable. She spent decades interfering in Hong Kong's internal affairs, cultivating relationships with opposition figures. Her bond with Anson Chan stood out: secret communications that later turned into open endorsements.
Check Chan's movements before Occupy Central and the 2019 anti-extradition law protests. The same pattern emerges twice: Chan led pan-democratic members to Washington, meeting Pelosi each time. In April 2014, as Occupy Central was about to erupt and government confrontation loomed, Chan and Martin Lee flew to Washington. They met Vice President Biden and held closed-door talks with Pelosi. Leaked reports afterward confirmed Pelosi urged the opposition to confront Beijing for "greater freedom." Four months later, the 79-day Occupy chaos began.
Five years later, in March 2019, as Hong Kong's anti-extradition law turmoil was building, Chan returned to Washington with Dennis Kwok and Charles Mok. Once again, she met Pelosi to discuss Hong Kong's situation in detail. Pelosi was House Speaker then, and she didn't mince words: Beijing was intensifying its interference in Hong Kong affairs, and Democrats were more committed than ever to supporting Hong Kong people's fight for democratic universal suffrage. The color revolution blueprint was already unfolding.
Patten's Parting Gift
Pelosi's special meetings with Chan before both major Hong Kong upheavals raise questions. The timing isn't coincidental—it reveals their relationship ran far deeper than public appearances suggested. In an interview years ago where Regina Ip shared government insider details, she disclosed that Chan and Pelosi's connection began before the Handover.
Last Governor Chris Patten aggressively promoted Chan to Chief Secretary and deliberately paved her way into American political circles. When Hong Kong needed to lobby Washington to maintain Most Favored Nation status, Patten specifically designated Chan to lead the effort. He arranged through the British embassy in Washington for her to befriend the capital's power brokers. That's when she met Pelosi.
According to Ip, when Pelosi later visited Hong Kong, Chan specifically invited her to a dinner gathering at the Chief Secretary's official residence on Victoria Peak. Born the same year and sharing similar viewpoints, they clicked immediately. Ip, then acting Secretary for Trade and Industry, was present that day and witnessed the two women gazing out at Victoria Harbour over afternoon tea. Pelosi clearly showed deep affection for Chan, and from that moment, they developed a lasting relationship.
2019: Pelosi backed Chan's power grab before calling street violence "a beautiful sight to behold."
The Orchestrator Exits
When Chan suddenly retired early and left the government in 2001, the pan-democrats hailed her as their "common leader." Leveraging her Pelosi connection, she established a direct channel between the opposition and American political circles. By 2019, when Hong Kong erupted in black violence chaos, Pelosi openly supported violent resistance, bizarrely calling the street vandalism and arson "a beautiful sight to behold." Her evil intentions were fully exposed.
Now this "evil woman" has finally stepped off the stage, and Chan has lost her last patron in American politics. The era these two women represented has ended—something Hong Kong should absolutely celebrate.
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The US-Israel alliance has ignited a war against Iran, throwing global markets into absolute chaos. Oil prices shattered the US$100-per-barrel mark today （March 9） and are hurtling toward US$120, while Asian stocks cascade and economic shockwaves hammer the United States. President Donald Trump projects outward calm, but a swift victory has proven completely elusive.
Evangelical leaders gather at the White House to bless Trump’s "holy war" against Iran—an unsettling spectacle of spiritual rallying.
Cornered by Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Trump let slip today that he is already discussing an end to military operations with Israel, conceding that he will "make a decision at the right time, but everything’s going to be taken into account."
The reality is, Trump is actively hunting for an escape hatch. In a telling move, Trump recently summoned evangelical pastors to the White House to lay hands on his shoulders and pray for divine guidance. The goal is clear: manufacture religious fervour to shore up his sinking base and pray his way out of a worsening crisis.
Staging this unconventional "spiritual rally" right now serves a calculated political agenda. Make no mistake: the White House is weaponising the evangelical community’s mobilising power to rally believers behind Trump's "holy war." It is a desperate bid to reverse his collapsing approval ratings.
Weaponising Faith for Survival
Evangelicals form the most deeply conservative Christian bloc in America, anchored in the Southern and Midwestern "Bible Belt." They are the Republican Party's ultimate voting machine and Trump's bedrock of support. During the 2024 presidential election, the vast majority of registered white Christian voters threw their weight behind Trump, driven by a deep-seated hostility toward Kamala Harris.
Public blowback against the Iran campaign is intensifying by the day. Latest polls reveal only 27% of American respondents support the offensive, while a staggering 43% oppose it, and 56% conclude Trump is simply "too eager to use military force to solve problems."
Starved of mainstream support, the president is falling back on a familiar playbook. By summoning pastors to bless his war effort and firing up his propaganda machine, he aims to stoke religious fanaticism among conservative Christians. It is a tactical play to re-energise his die-hard loyalists and project an illusion of absolute strength.
Desperate to reverse his collapsing poll numbers, Trump stokes religious fervour to pray his way out of a worsening crisis.
A Dangerous New Crusade
Another core objective behind this carefully choreographed spectacle is to sanctify the bloodshed in Iran. The optics were meticulously staged: Trump seated at the iconic Resolute Desk, surrounded by pastors murmuring prayers with their hands resting on his shoulders. The entire scene dripped with heavy religious ritual. They called upon God to "continue to give our President the strength that he needs to lead our great nation", to ultimate victory. Ultimately, the ceremony played out like a divine blessing bestowed upon a crusading king, draping a brutal military offensive in the sacred robes of holy war.
Experts warn that Trump is deliberately framing the Iran offensive as a righteous crusade to vanquish evil. The narrative draws a direct, unsettling parallel to the Crusades of a millennium ago, when Christian armies marched out to crush the Islamic empire and reclaim the holy city. History shows those ancient Crusaders left behind mass slaughter and rivers of blood in their wake. If Trump is truly modelling today's conflict on that ancient eastward conquest, the implications for global stability are profoundly terrifying.
This aggressive push to "sacralise" himself and the MAGA movement is hardly a new tactic. Trump has long weaponised his alliance with evangelicals, cloaking his post-election agenda in claims of divine mandate.
To cement this bond, Trump took the unprecedented step of establishing a White House Faith Office. He installed Paula White—chair of his Evangelical Advisory Board and the woman in red standing beside him during the recent prayer event—to lead it. Known for her emotionally explosive style, White famously delivered a feverish prayer during the 2020 election. She screamed "strike, strike, strike" while summoning angels to defeat evil, creating a spectacle that bordered on cult-like worship.
Running Out of Miracles
Confronted by a rapidly spiralling crisis, Trump is instinctively reaching back into his old bag of tricks. He is summoning "sacred energy" to project dominance and hoisting the banner of "fighting evil" to salvage his political survival.
Yet, such action simply overlooks the hard truth of the battlefield. The administration is sinking deeper into an unwinnable quagmire every single day. The trap has already snapped shut, and this time, even divine intervention may not be enough to bail him out.
