Jon Pelson

Author of "Wireless Wars, China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back."

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

After the reports of Chinese made solar cell inverters shutting down, this story doesn’t surprise me. China controls the sun now. Or at least, that seems to be their goal.

[Steve Holdych @Holdych]

⁦@JonPelson⁩ Rogue communication devices found in Chinese solar power inverters | Reuters https://t.co/iEZDOvS3Bd

[Michael Munger 🏖️🔪👨‍🍳 @mungowitz]

And a shout out to @JonPelson who helped me understand the security argument is a plausible one. If Trump were actually DOING that, it would at least have some chance at success.

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

Great piece on the problem with Trump’s approach to tariffs.

[Michael Munger 🏖️🔪👨‍🍳 @mungowitz]

If @realDonaldTrump is playing 3D chess, he is losing on every "D."

Even if you steel-man the arguments, you have to PICK one strategy and then pursue it.

From @aier....

https://t.co/AMcBFwOQyY

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

Right back at you, @mungowitz . In an economic context, the damage from tariffs is clear. But when you’re dealing with others who aren’t trying to maximize economic outcomes, or you have higher priorities…Trump may be doing some of the right things, for all the wrong reasons.

[Michael Munger 🏖️🔪👨‍🍳 @mungowitz]

And a shout out to @JonPelson who helped me understand the security argument is a plausible one. If Trump were actually DOING that, it would at least have some chance at success.

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

@mungowitz Also called the Pelsmin effect.
Good piece.

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

@StephenFleming Touché.

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

If you’re going to key cars because the founder of the company was a Nazi, shouldn’t you start with Fords?

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

@Holdych @officialrampart Saw it, @Holdych and loved seeing it. Brilliant technology applied against a crushing problem.

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

@trmcdonald @DefenseDep_FPS @scsp_ai @DefenseOne @ArielleRoth Despite Germany’s claims of banning Huawei, scratch the surface and you’ll see a very different story. First, there’s a 5yr+ runway. But the “ban” is limited and insufficient. Great read here by @iainwmorris https://t.co/8XHjEyE86g

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

My oped in today’s @WSJ speculates on the possible strategy behind Trump’s tariff war.

[Wall Street Journal Opinion @WSJopinion]

Trump’s rapid and seemingly indiscriminate imposition of tariffs against America’s biggest trading partners seems a policy drawn from the founder of modern Singapore, writes @JonPelson
https://t.co/LEMiXisj9h

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

My new oped in the @WSJ appears in the print edition tomorrow. Yes, tariffs are bad economics. But sometimes they’re effective statecraft.

[Mark Dubowitz @mdubowitz]

Lee Kuan Yew’s Cane and Trump’s Tariffs

A lesson in deterrence from the founder of modern Singapore by @FDD ⁦@JonPelson⁩ https://t.co/idsJF2Nafr

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

@maphumanintent @johnkonrad That leaves the enemies confused, overwhelmed, disoriented, and unable to respond. It causes panic and breaks their morale.
I like it.

[aleph @aleph]

"TikTok changes who you are....It pushes content to you deliberately and with an agenda, and restricts content from you deliberately and with an agenda. So it is changing what you know, who you are, and how you spend your time," says @JonPelson, author of Wireless Wars

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

@OrganizerMemes Yes, Soupy. Fascist countries ban websites.
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[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

@mungowitz @MaxUtilitarian Yeah, the problem isn’t a 10% staff shortfall. Renewing a valid, current NC license? State House announces they are all extended for two years till this process is addressed. There. Fixed it.

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

I was pleased to see that the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force included my book — Wireless Wars — in his list of five that airmen should read.
#USAF

[BenBellaBooks @BenBellaBooks]

We’re thrilled to announce that WIRELESS WARS by @JonPelson was selected as one of the @cmsaf_official’s “Leadership Library” picks for November 2024. Check it out here: https://t.co/bRtrg287yK

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

Glad to see @SenMarcoRubio citing a recent piece I wrote with @KeithJKrach on the real role of Huawei in advancing the geopolitical goals of China’s CCP.

[Keith J. Krach @KeithJKrach]

Thank you to @SenMarcoRubio for citing @JonPelson and my article about Huawei in his new op-ed.

Sen. Rubio rightly observes that Huawei is not just another telco. It’s a tool of the Chinese Communist Party’s global surveillance state.

During the Trump Administration, we rallied 60 countries, 200+ telcos, and many industry leading firms to exclude high-risk, untrusted 5G suppliers, like Huawei, because they represented a serious national security risk. As a result, the company lost about $30B. That’s why Beijing is spending tens of billions to prop it up.

As Sen. Rubio points out, it’s “not a reflection of Huawei’s ingenuity,” but rather its importance to the CCP’s strategy for global dominance.

https://t.co/9qJHMyJzge

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

@StephenFleming @elonmusk Freewheeling permissionless innovation only trumps central planning when you actually engage in freewheeling permissionless innovation. If we are hoping that our government spending can outperform theirs, we will lose. That’s China’s game.

[Stephen Fleming @StephenFleming]

In “Wireless Wars,” @JonPelson outlines the only way the USA can compete with China in critical 5G technology: chaotic “permissionless innovation” that changes the game. @elonmusk is trying to do precisely that with Starlink. The regulatory agencies are clearly opposed to him. Whose side are they on?
https://t.co/KvCVOgBlzN

[Jon Pelson @JonPelson]

@yashar This attack wounded or killed hundreds or thousands of terrorists. It crippled future internal communications for Hezbollah. It will lead to a purge that includes otherwise “loyal terrorists”. It generate paranoia. And it will devastate morale. That’s worth burning bridges.