This is Not True
FICTION
On January 25, 2025, Xi Jinping purged General Zhang Youxia—his most trusted military deputy, a childhood family friend, a man kept past retirement out of loyalty. The charges: corruption, disloyalty, possibly leaking nuclear secrets. The message: no one is safe.
What follows is that story, adapted. The names are American. The institutions are American. The events have not happened.
Yet.
The Fall of General Reeves
When Gen. Thomas Reeves met with foreign officials in Washington in 2024, he exuded the confidence of a man who was seen as the most trusted deputy in the military of the nation's top leader, Donald Trump.
