Trump’s China conspiracy is all about the Midterms. Just not in the way you’d think
- Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, is wrong.
- Donald Trump’s latest remarks, in which he attacked not just China but the “deep state” inside his own country, the intelligence officials who briefed him in the White House, and America’s electoral system, were not the “ramblings of a mad king”.
- If Trump believed it was the case that Beijing was attacking the very foundations of American democracy in the most direct and verifiable way – by buying voter data and making fake ballots – then China would be, and should be, under economic sanctions.
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- Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, is wrong.
- Donald Trump’s latest remarks, in which he attacked not just China but the “deep state” inside his own country, the intelligence officials who briefed him in the White House, and America’s electoral system, were not the “ramblings of a mad king”.
- If Trump believed it was the case that Beijing was attacking the very foundations of American democracy in the most direct and verifiable way – by buying voter data and making fake ballots – then China would be, and should be, under economic sanctions.
Sources: The Independent