Trump announces unprecedented action against China

[libertybele]

Trump announces unprecedented action against China

President Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on Beijing Friday, naming misdeeds that range from espionage to the violation of Hong Kong's freedoms, and announced a slew of retaliatory measures that will plunge US-China relations deeper into crisis.
"They've ripped off the United States like no one has ever done before," Trump said of China, as he decried the way Beijing has "raided our factories" and "gutted" American industry, casting Beijing as a central foil he will run against in the remaining months of his re-election campaign.
Trump appeared in the Rose Garden at the end of a week when the US hit 100,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic and as massive protests roiled Minneapolis after the death in police custody an African American man, but mentioned neither, focusing instead on casting Beijing as an existential geopolitical threat.
Trump called out China for "espionage to steal our industrial secrets, of which there are many," announced steps to protect American investors from Chinese financial practices, accused Beijing of "unlawfully claiming territory in the Pacific Ocean" and threatening freedom of navigation. ............

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/politics/trump-china-announcement/index.html

[Absalom]

Trump has stated many things since day one, among them:
* Maduro/Venezuela is a baddie and we have to get rid of him, which
was some 2 years ago, yet he's still there w/his index finger raised.
* Kim of Korea has to renounce nuclear weaponry, or else!
Anyone notice any change ?????????????????
* China is a virtual ally of the USA and we need each other, but they
must honor and respect of our intellectual property. Hmm.......???
For his Fan Club, all of these platitudes represent Mission Accomplished?
Why of course!!!

[Mesaclone]

Trump has stated many things since day one, among them:
* Maduro/Venezuela is a baddie and we have to get rid of him, which
was some 2 years ago, yet he's still there w/his index finger raised.
* Kim of Korea has to renounce nuclear weaponry, or else!
Anyone notice any change ?????????????????
* China is a virtual ally of the USA and we need each other, but they
must honor and respect of our intellectual property. Hmm.......???
For his Fan Club, all of these platitudes represent Mission Accomplished?
Why of course!!!

You mean he hasn’t solved all the worlds problems, discovered how to build a warp drive, uncovered the Fountain of Youth, and ascertained the meaning of the universe....in 3.5 years? What a bum.

Won’t it be grand with Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Kamala Harris running things? Absalom’s dream come true.

[EdinVA]

Good first steps.
Hong Kong /China violated the agreement, then there is no agreement.

Lets see what china decides it is worth to keep good relations.

[Absalom]

You mean he hasn’t solved all the worlds problems, discovered how to build a warp drive, uncovered the Fountain of Youth, and ascertained the meaning of the universe....in 3.5 years? What a bum.
Won’t it be grand with Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Kamala Harris running things? Absalom’s dream come true.

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I have nothing but contempt for politicians, all of them, yet our system
requires they check certain boxes, rase their hands and vote from time to time.
We are where we are because of assholery such as Hilarity, Trumpet and Bi-dodo!