Bloomberg

Trump Is Set to Elevate China Hawks, Deepening Beijing Rift

Tue, November 12, 2024 at 4:47 AM EST 6 min read


(Bloomberg) -- US President-elect Donald Trump is poised to pick two men with track records of harshly criticizing China for key posts in his administration, a sign ties between the superpowers may deteriorate further in coming years.

Senator Marco Rubio - who has taken an aggressive stance on China's emergence as an economic power - is set to become the first sitting secretary of state to have been sanctioned by Beijing, adding fresh turbulence to a tense relationship. Florida Representative Mike Waltz, who in 2021 declared America was in "a Cold War with the Chinese Communist Party," is in line to become national security adviser.

Elise Stefanik, Trump's nomination as US ambassador to the United Nations, has also been outspoken on China. She cited countering national security and economic threats posed by the "Chinese Communist government" as one of her priorities when serving as congresswoman for New York.

Trump's emerging bench of high-profile China hawks gives some indication of the direction his next term will take, after the Republican campaigned on threats to unleash a 60% tariff on Chinese products. Economists say that would decimate trade between the world's largest economies, dealing a blow to Beijing just as policymakers roll out a major stimulus package to put their nation's wobbling economy on firmer footing.

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Dora Hates You

Prepare for the "Tyranny of the Majority" !!!

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Dora Hates You

Probably a great time for China to reclaim Taiwan. Unless they pay trump for USA support.



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"Are you a Communist?"
"No I am an anti-fascist."
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism."

-Protagonist Robert Jordan, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Hemmingway)

China's timeline for invading Taiwan was 2026.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

Ummmm, , , , ah, Rusty,

Taiwan basically makes 98% of the worlds advanced microcircuits, etc. If China would ever try to 'invade' the island, , , , POOF! The poison pills would destroy the islands semiconductor infrastructure.

China would have an island with a very pissed off population, and would be the plague of the world!

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Dora Hates You

Edited: 11/12/2024 at 08:55 AM by dingpatch

I wonder if Xi will come to Maralago away from all the prying eyes of Washington to flatter Donnie bone spurs, celebrate their friendship and ask for a favor from his friend.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

I think you're confusing Trump with the Bidens.

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"Its easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled" - Mark Twain

How does one get around paying tariffs?


Hint: Reference Toyota.

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"Its easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled" - Mark Twain

He visited Biden's house? I missed that one. Can you link me to the article?



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I was right.

Of course you missed it. You miss everything except for the hoaxes.

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I :heart; Q

Then point me to it. You do recall how to post a link, right?



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I was right.

Perhaps. Or a unified China might control 90% of the world's computer chip industry.

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"Are you a Communist?"
"No I am an anti-fascist."
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism."

-Protagonist Robert Jordan, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Hemmingway)

Do your own work. We know you are a prog and inherently lazy, but I am not going to encourage it.

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I :heart; Q

I'd move on it now.

Cut a chip deal with trump, and he can just blame it on Joe Brandon.



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"Are you a Communist?"
"No I am an anti-fascist."
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism."

-Protagonist Robert Jordan, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Hemmingway)

Obie, you might want to learn about Xi's trip to Maralago and what came of it. That never happened with Biden.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.