Good Articles to Share
'China wants Trump to lose election'
WASHINGTON: China has boosted its efforts to influence the US presidential election in November and wants President Donald Trump to lose because it sees him as "unpredictable," a top US intelligence official said on Friday.
"We assess that China prefers that President Trump - whom Beijing sees as unpredictable - does not win reelection," said William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.
"China has been expanding its influence efforts ahead of Nov 2020 to shape the policy environment in the United States, pressure political figures it views as opposed to China's interests, and deflect and counter criticism of China," Evanina said in a statement.
He pointed to China's criticism of Trump's handling of the coronavirus epidemic, of the US closure of China's Houston consulate, and of the US administration's stances on Chinese actions in Hong Kong and the South China Sea.
"Beijing recognises that all of these efforts might affect the presidential race," Evanina said.
Trump enthusiastically agreed with the warning, which cast him as a threat to Beijing.
"China would love us to have an election where Donald Trump lost to sleepy Joe Biden," he told journalists. "They would dream, they would own our country."
Evanina said Iran is using social media disinformation to divide the country and hurt Trump, while Russia is meddling to damage the campaign of his Democratic opponent Joe Biden.
"Russia is using a range of measures to primarily denigrate former vice president Biden and what it sees as an anti-Russia 'establishment,'" Evanina said.
"This is consistent with Moscow's public criticism of him when he was vice president for his role in the Obama administration's policies on Ukraine and its support for the anti-Putin opposition inside Russia," he said.
Trump dismissed the warning that Russia wanted to see him re-elected, claiming that no US leader has been tougher on Moscow than him.
Reminded that it was his own intelligence agency that issued the warning, he responded: "Well, I don't care what anybody says."
Evanina, the top intelligence official monitoring threats to the election, gave no details on the outside interference.
A strong hacking and social media campaign by Russia in 2016 is credited by US intelligence with helping Trump to victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton.
"Foreign efforts to influence or interfere with our elections are a direct threat to the fabric of our democracy," he said.
- AFP
More articles on Good Articles to Share
California vows to revive EV subsidies if Trump scraps federal tax breaks
Created by Tan KW | Nov 26, 2024
'No one will win a trade war,' China says after Trump tariff threat
Created by Tan KW | Nov 26, 2024
Indonesia province resumes search for 7 missing after landslide and floods kill 15
Created by Tan KW | Nov 26, 2024
Discussions
Be the first to like this. Showing 2 of 2 comments
"never underestimate trump, he is not stupid"
warning do not bet against trump for the 2020 election.
neglect this advice at your peril.
2020-08-08 16:25
Post a Comment
Featured Posts
Latest Videos
Apps
Top Articles
2
save malaysia!
3
4
5
6
7
Koon Yew Yin's Blog
8
Good Articles to Share
Le Pen makes new threat to withdraw support for French government
#
Stock
Score
Daily Stocks
Stock Name
Last
Change
Volume
Stock Name
Last
Change
Volume
MQ Trading Signals
Stock
Time
Signal
Duration
Stock
Time
Signal
Duration
Featured Advertisers / Partners
Ride The Bull Short The Bear
CS Tan
4.9 / 5.0
This book is the result of the author's many years of experience and observation throughout his 26 years in the stockbroking industry. It was written for general public to learn to invest based on facts and not on fantasies or hearsay....
DickyMe
Not only China, but many other countries, globalist, people of certain faith, aspiring legal and illegal immigrants are praying that Trump must lose.
However, I pray he wins this election for another term.
Donald Trump managed to derail gravy train of many traitors of US.
2020-08-08 13:05