President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on his administration to consider tripling the tariff on Chinese steel, reminiscent of the trade policy of his predecessor and chief rival in 2024, former President Donald Trump.
Biden spoke at United Steelworkers headquarters in Pittsburgh, pitching union members on stricter trade policy on China to protect American jobs. During his address, Biden called on United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai to consider tripling the tariff on Chinese steel, which currently averages 7.5%, according to <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/17/president-biden-moves-to-triple-tariffs-on-chinese-steel-and-aluminum/73346915007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USA Today</a>.
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/biden-calls-for-steep-hike-to-tariff-on-chinese-steel-dd131264">reported</a> that the increase &#8220;would be in addition to a separate 25% tariff on steel and a 10% duty on aluminum imposed under the Trump administration.&#8221;
Biden has borrowed Trump’s strategy to confront China after criticizing it during the 2020 campaign. In 2019, Biden <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/07/11/joe-biden-slams-trump-china-trade-war-in-foreign-policy-speech.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asserted</a> that Trump’s trade policy regarding China has delivered negative results for Americans.
“President Trump may think he&#8217;s being tough on China. All that he&#8217;s delivered as a consequence of that is American farmers, manufacturers and consumers losing and paying more,” Biden said during a speech in New York. “His economic decision-making is so shortsighted and as shortsighted as the rest of his foreign policy.”
While Biden said the U.S. needed to “get tough” on China, the then-candidate argued that the best way forward would be to strengthen ties with the Communist-run country.
“China can&#8217;t afford to ignore half the global economy if we&#8217;re united. That gives us substantial leverage to shape the future rules of the road on everything from the environment to labor to trade to technology to transparency,” Biden said.
Biden appeared to walk back that campaign stance on Wednesday, the reversal coming as Trump has sought to make inroads with staunchly pro-Democrat unions.
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The Teamsters union, a reliable source of support for Democrats, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/21/teamsters-trump-biden-union/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gave</a> $45,000 to the Republican National Committee through the union’s political action committee in February. The donation is the maximum amount the PAC can give.
The donation itself isn’t as significant as what it could represent for the future of the union’s support. Teamsters’ political committee donated the money after Trump <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-teamsters-union-washington-0689d1d586a9b0760610ae619086691f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">met</a> with the union’s executive board in what the former president described as “a very productive meeting.”
Biden’s Wednesday speech also comes as steel industry labor leaders have protested against a potential sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese-based Nippon Steel Corporation. The Biden Department of Justice last week <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/10/doj-opens-formal-investigation-us-steel-takeover-00151615" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> an antitrust investigation into the sale, a move that could have negative impacts on the United States’ relationship with Japan.

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The Daily Wire has exclusively obtained a newsletter from the office of Joe Biden’s National intelligence director. Joe Biden, or as he’s sometimes called &#8220;The Big Guy,&#8221; is, of course, the rhododendron currently running the free world on behalf of the Chinese, which is only fair since they&#8217;ve paid him a bundle in bribes. His Director of National Intelligence is Avril Haines, whose pronouns are “wang tsi co mao soy fang fang chu” and who served under CIA Director John Brennan, a communist, when the president was Barack Obama, an anti-American globalist. 
But not to worry, during her confirmation hearing, DNI Fang Fang reassured congress there were only some areas where she wanted to co-operate with the Chinese, like in collecting The Big Guy’s money and depositing it in one of his twenty shell companies so he has plausible deniability while he’s handing our border to Mexican cartels, who kill Americans with fentanyl, then launder their profits with the Chinese mafia inside the U.S.
 What was I talking about? Oh, yeah.
According to The Daily Wire’s crack investigative reporter Spencer Crack, DNI Fang Fang’s office puts out a newsletter called The Dive — DIVE — which guides the FBI, CIA and NSA on matters of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion — DEI — so that our intelligence officers can better keep America free for the untraceable banking of Chinese bribes.
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According to DNI Fang Fang’s newsletter, when American intelligence officers are reporting on terrorist threats, they should stop describing… I’m not making this up — they should stop describing the terrorists with phrases that may be hurtful to Muslim-Americans.
Now, the Daily Wire’s crack reporter Crack has also obtained secret files that describe a real-life incident in which DNI’s DEI DIVE helped CIA, FBI and NSA perform their duties.
Recently one of our top CIA Agents, Wong Fu Chi, received a warning that a young Iranian man was about to blow himself up on Wall Street while shouting &#8220;Allahu Akbar!&#8221;, thereby potentially damaging our banking system and preventing President Big Guy from collecting his money from China and secreting it in one of his twenty shell companies. Though it was the dead of night, Agent Wong quickly called DNI Fang Fang where she was sleeping at Congressman Eric Swalwell’s house to report that The Big Guy’s cash was facing a jihadist threat. DNI Fang Fang immediately dropped her riding crop, leapt out of bed and instructed Agent Wong that he should re-file his report after first removing the word “jihadist” which might offend some Muslim-Americans. Dutifully starting over, Agent Wong then said, “A young man from a foreign nation that intends to destroy the world in order to hasten the arrival of the Twelfth Imam or, sorry, I should just say the Twelfth Non-denominational Clergyman named Mohammed al-Mahdi or maybe just Bob al-Mahdi or let’s just call him Pastor Bob…” Unfortunately, at this point, Agent Wong’s report was interrupted by a shout of &#8220;Allahu Akbar!&#8221; followed by a tremendous explosion.
In another helpful edition of the DNI’s DEI DIVE to FBI, CIA and NSA, the newsletter tells the touching story of an American intelligence officer who says — and as God is my witness this is a real quote from the DNI newsletter: “I am an intelligence officer, and I am a man who likes to wear women’s clothes sometimes. My gender identity and expression make me a better intelligence officer.”
The officer goes on to explain that cross-dressing not only makes his intelligence work more incisive but also more becoming in a pink chiffon mini sundress with a naughty but nice sweetheart neckline that’s simply perfect for reporting on young foreign-born males who want to hasten the coming of the twelfth non-denominational clergyman Pastor Bob…  But at this point, the article is interrupted by a shout of &#8220;Allahu Akbar!&#8221; followed by a tremendous explosion.
So, as you can see, we can all rest easy at night knowing that Congressman Swalwell’s mistress DNI Fang Fang has a cross-dressing Communist CIA Agent keeping watch to make sure no one uses offensive language while President Big Guy is being paid by China with the money they make laundering the profits Mexican gangsters collect for killing Americans.
All that said, I’ll now begin my satire.
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Andrew Klavan is the host of “The Andrew Klavan Show” at The Daily Wire. He is the bestselling author of the Cameron Winter Mystery series. The third installment, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/House-Death-Cameron-Winter-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0BW1ZTVP9?ref_=ast_author_dp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The House of Love and Death</a>,” is now available. Follow him on X: @andrewklavan
This excerpt is taken from the opening satirical monologue of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1174-the-andrew-klavan-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Andrew Klavan Show</a>.”
The views expressed in this satirical article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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China is the main driver behind fentanyl being smuggled into the United States by Mexican drug cartels, according to investigative journalist and author Peter Schweizer.
Schweizer, author of “Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans,” discussed the crisis on “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/fentanyl-america-s-silent-epidemic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fentanyl: America’s Silent Epidemic</a>,” part of a DailyWire+ series by Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro on The Divided States of Biden. The author said the fentanyl trade that contributes to tens of thousands of American deaths every year begins in China. 
“They’re the senior partner. The drug cartels are really the junior partner in the fentanyl trade,” Schweizer told Shapiro, speaking of the Chinese regime led by President Xi Jinping.
Ninety percent of fentanyl precursor chemicals shipped from China to Mexico arrive via Mexico’s Port of Manzanillo. The port is run by a Chinese company, according to Schweizer. From the port, the chemicals are taken to a town in northern Mexico close to the U.S. border. About 2,000 Chinese workers work in cartel labs to craft the precursor chemicals into fentanyl and then the fentanyl into pills resembling common drugs such as Vicodin or Adderall.
“Now the drug cartels want to distribute their product in the United States. What do they do? They use Chinese apps. They use Chinese communications devices because they know that China will not share that information with U.S. law enforcement,” Schweizer said.
Money from the drug trade is then laundered through the Chinese financial system.
“The Mexican drug cartels now launder their money in Chinese state-owned banks, and, according to our government, they use Chinese students in the United States on education visas to do this,” Schweizer said.
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China will continue to fuel the fentanyl trade in the United States until U.S. political leadership decides to make China feel real consequences from participating in it, according to Schweizer.
“We need to start looking at punitive actions we can take to damage them. I’m generally a free trade guy, but do you want to have free trade with somebody who is poisoning your citizens in such a systematic way? I don’t think so,” he said. “We’ve got to get tough and we’ve got to make clear: you are going to suffer consequences and real damage until you stop doing this to our people.”

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Every Sunday morning, legacy media outlets are taken over by elected officials, aspiring elected officials, administration insiders, and the usual collection of talking heads — all of whom are there to discuss specific policies, push talking points, or simply promote their own campaigns.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to unravel a full week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
<h3>ABC News, &#8220;This Week&#8221;:</h3>
The White House&#8217;s John Kirby joined host Martha Raddatz on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week&#8221; to follow up on a speech made earlier in the week by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) – during which Schumer railed against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for new elections in Israel.
Kirby explained that it was &#8220;up to the Israeli government that they elect to determine whether and how, if there&#8217;s going to be new elections, what that would look like.&#8221;
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After Sen. Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, White House’s John Kirby tells <a href="https://twitter.com/MarthaRaddatz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarthaRaddatz</a> that it’s “up to the Israeli government that they elect to determine whether and how, if there&#39;s going to be new elections, what that would look like.” <a href="https://t.co/UWilvl8DkR">https://t.co/UWilvl8DkR</a> <a href="https://t.co/vrM1zF0wn3">pic.twitter.com/vrM1zF0wn3</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1769390444708860143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>CBS News, &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221;:</h3>
Former Vice President Mike Pence joined host Margaret Brennan on &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; and he said that despite the disagreements and bad blood that has passed between them, he had forgiven former President Donald Trump. &#8220;As a Christian I&#8217;m required to do that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve prayed for him in that regard.&#8221;
Pence went on to say that he did not plan to endorse his former running mate, but did not say who he planned to vote for in the 2024 presidential election — which currently appears to be a likely rematch between Trump and President Biden.
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Mike Pence says he has &quot;forgiven&quot; Donald Trump &quot;in my heart&quot; for January 6: &quot;As a Christian I&#39;m required to do that. I&#39;ve prayed for him in that regard.&quot;
But he says he will not endorse Trump and does not say if he will vote for Trump in November. <a href="https://t.co/TIu04v1B0h">pic.twitter.com/TIu04v1B0h</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1769376942644465670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Kara Swisher joined &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; to talk about the brouhaha over TikTok and efforts to ban the app or force parent company ByteDance to sell, and she made it clear that she herself was concerned about the influence the Chinese Communist Party had over the app&#8217;s day-to-day functions.
&#8220;I feel like every Chinese company I&#8217;ve covered has had the tentacles of the Chinese Communist Party involved in it, whether they like it or not,&#8221; Swisher said, explaining why she only accessed the app on a burner phone.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/karaswisher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@karaswisher</a> explains why she only uses TikTok on a burner phone: &quot;I feel like every Chinese company I&#39;ve covered has had the tentacles of the Chinese Communist Party involved in it, whether they like it or not.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/XnUXiLSYaB">pic.twitter.com/XnUXiLSYaB</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1769392669011140914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Brennan noted that President Biden&#8217;s 2024 reelection campaign had been using TikTok on the trail, complicating Congressional efforts to rein in the Chinese Communist Party&#8217;s influence over the popular video app.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) pushed back, saying, &#8220;Look, I&#8217;m not going to tell the president how to campaign.&#8221;
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President Biden&#39;s campaign is using TikTok, despite Biden expressing support for the House bill that would effectively ban the app in the U.S. When asked if that&#39;s unhelpful, <a href="https://twitter.com/CongressmanRaja?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CongressmanRaja</a> says:
&quot;No. Look, I&#39;m not going to tell the president how to campaign.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/wnAwgRM4ee">pic.twitter.com/wnAwgRM4ee</a>
&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1769403796000546907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>CNN, &#8220;State of the Union&#8221;:</h3>
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) responded to a speech made earlier in the week by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) – during which he criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for new elections in Israel to potentially replace him — and said that he would not have taken things quite that far.
Schiff did say that Schumer&#8217;s comments &#8220;should be an earthquake in Israel,&#8221; suggesting that they should take the New York Senator&#8217;s speech seriously.
Schiff&#8217;s assessment comes just days after President Joe Biden, when asked about Schumer&#8217;s remarks, said only that he had given &#8220;a good speech.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepAdamSchiff</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaBashCNN</a> that while he wouldn’t have gone as far as <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSchumer</a> in calling for new elections in Israel, the fact that Schumer felt the need to do so &quot;should be an earthquake in Israel.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/QndVRKolNv">pic.twitter.com/QndVRKolNv</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1769385632839705018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) defended Senator Schumer&#8217;s comments, suggesting that he was not pushing for Netanyahu&#8217;s ouster so much as simply &#8220;advocating for elections in a democracy.&#8221;
She went on to say that even if Israel was to move ahead with a new election, it would be entirely up to the voters there to determine who was best to lead them.
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“What is wrong with advocating for elections in a democracy?”<a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerPelosi</a> defends <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSchumer</a>’s call for new elections in Israel but adds that it’s up to the Israeli people to decide. <a href="https://t.co/mVgZaNJMFz">pic.twitter.com/mVgZaNJMFz</a>
&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1769374172373741991?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>NBC News, &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221;:</h3>
&#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; host Kristen Welker spoke with Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), who made it clear that members of both parties have shown support for a plan to force parent company ByteDance to sell off TikTok.
&#8220;I&#8217;m certainly predisposed to vote for it,&#8221; Cassidy said – and Cardin added, &#8220;I&#8217;m certainly sympathetic to it.&#8221;
A measure aimed at forcing ByteDance to sell the popular social media app has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-intel-chair-defends-tiktok-bill-warns-of-chinese-propaganda-tool" target="_blank" rel="noopener">already passed</a> the House of Representatives.
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WATCH: Senators from both parties signal potential support for a bill that would force ByteDance to cut ties with TikTok — or face a ban.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenBillCassidy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenBillCassidy</a> (R-La.): “I’m certainly predisposed to vote for it.”<a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorCardin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenatorCardin</a> (D-Md.): “I’m certainly sympathetic to it.” <a href="https://t.co/EZxBYF2Qid">pic.twitter.com/EZxBYF2Qid</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1769360140577190086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>FOX, &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221;:</h3>
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) joined anchor Shannon Bream on &#8220;Fox News Sunday,&#8221; where he weighed in on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer&#8217;s criticisms of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
&#8220;I was with the Ambassador, Herzog, from Israel at our retreat when this news came in,&#8221; McCaul said. &#8220;It was very inappropriate, I think it was embarrassing. You know, there&#8217;s a way to talk about your differences — not to topple a government in a democratic country.&#8221;
McCaul went on to say that it was &#8220;indicative of the split in the Democratic Party&#8221; when it came to support for Israel in the ongoing war with the terror group Hamas.
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WATCH: House Foreign Affairs Chairman <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMcCaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMcCaul</a> Biden&#39;s foreign aid package and the U.S.’ highly criticized withdrawal from Afghanistan. <a href="https://t.co/tzSMdp7ymx">pic.twitter.com/tzSMdp7ymx</a>
&mdash; Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSunday/status/1769377992977912162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h3>MSNBC, &#8220;Inside With Jen Psaki&#8221;:</h3>
Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki lamented the change-in-command at the Republican National Committee, following the exit of former Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel — and she claimed that it was all a ruse to create an apparatus designed to keep former President Donald Trump in power.
&#8220;It’s becoming apparent that a Trump-run RNC is not actually about the traditional role of voter outreach and turnout. It is about suppressing the vote and planning ahead for how to keep Donald Trump in power,&#8221; Psaki complained.
Since taking her position as co-chair, Trump&#8217;s daughter-in-law Lara Trump announced that she planned to work with activist Scott Presler – who has built a reputation for his efforts to register new Republican voters in swing states.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/jrpsaki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jrpsaki</a>: &quot;It’s becoming apparent that a Trump-run RNC is not actually about the traditional role of voter outreach and turnout. It is about suppressing the vote and planning ahead for how to keep Donald Trump in power.” <a href="https://t.co/LSdFErPuFW">pic.twitter.com/LSdFErPuFW</a>
&mdash; Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsideWithPsaki/status/1769406952881234018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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On Sunday, House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) offered a defense of the bill <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-bill-that-could-lead-to-u-s-ban-on-tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> by the lower chamber last week that could lead to a U.S. ban on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> unless its Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance, divests in the popular social media app.
&#8220;This Week&#8221; anchor Martha Raddatz asked Turner about the legislation on ABC News, noting that his support for the bill is one area in which he has broken with former President Donald Trump. &#8220;That bill could potentially ban TikTok. You say it’s a national security concern,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I know you had that classified briefing. What can you tell us to make it more clear to Americans why this is a problem?&#8221;
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House Intelligence Committee chair Mike Turner tells <a href="https://twitter.com/MarthaRaddatz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarthaRaddatz</a> that he doesn’t think Americans will lose their livelihood with bill that would require that the Chinese ownership of TikTok be divested. 
“This is not a ban on TikTok.” <a href="https://t.co/p5kCVrCdGw">https://t.co/p5kCVrCdGw</a> <a href="https://t.co/WQATZTaSft">pic.twitter.com/WQATZTaSft</a>
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Turner replied, &#8220;We have to first start with, that China is a country that’s not like us. It’s an authoritarian regime that has self-identified as an adversary to the United States. It has banned Twitter. It has banned Facebook. It has banned YouTube in China.&#8221;
He added, &#8220;It understands the power of social media and social media apps. It certainly seeks in a number of illegal ways to obtain the data of Americans that it can use as part of its perpetration of this greater surveillance society that it uses to control its own population.&#8221;
When Chinese President Xi Jinping stood next to President Vladimir Putin in Russia, Turner continued, &#8220;he openly said it to the world what his intentions were. He said that we, the two of them, are going to bring about change that hasn’t happened in 100 years. That’s the battle between authoritarianism and democracy and that’s certainly what we’re seeing in China’s — both economic, its propaganda and certainly its military buildup that is part of its self-declaration as an adversary of the United States.&#8221;
Raddatz asked the congressman if there is &#8220;recent&#8221; evidence showing that TikTok is sending &#8220;significant&#8221; amounts of data about Americans to the Chinese government.
&#8220;What you see is a structural relationship for which there is not divisions, and there are great concerns about the individuals&#8217; privacy and issues of data between TikTok and the communist Chinese party,&#8221; Turner replied.
&#8220;But what you have even more importantly here is that this is a propaganda tool, these algorithms, this influencing through social apps, being in the hands of a self-declared adversary of the United States, one that has&#8230;banned Twitter, banned Facebook and banned YouTube, understands the use of these tools to be able to manipulate a society, and that’s certainly is one the greatest concerns that we have,&#8221; he said.
The Senate is up next in considering the legislation, which demands ByteDance sell TikTok within 180 days of enactment or risk having the app face a clampdown in the United States. If it were to pass in the upper chamber too, President Joe Biden has <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-tiktok-ban-bill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he would sign the bill into law.
Raddatz closed out the interview by noting, &#8220;You had a lot of TikTokkers up on the Hill this week who—and TikTok apparently supports a minimum of 224,000 jobs in this country.&#8221; She then asked Turner what he would say to Americans who might lose their livelihood.
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&#8220;I don’t think they’ll lose their livelihood. They have obviously undertaken a livelihood that is communicating to people through social apps and social media, and this is not a ban on TikTok as you know. This is actually a piece of legislation that requires that the Chinese ownership of TikTok be divested so that we would sever that relationship between Chinese ownership, the Chinese government, the Chinese communist party that is of such troubling concerns,&#8221; he replied.
&#8220;And, you know, India has previously banned TikTok over the exact same concerns. These are concerns that as you look at what China is doing around the world, their propagation of a surveillance society, their even illegal means in which they’re acquiring data on Americans and people around the world, their use of propaganda, their own banning of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube because of their concerns of the voices of democracy being heard, you can see what a great concern this is to our country.&#8221;

House Intelligence Chairman Michael Turner

House Intel Chair Defends TikTok Bill, Warns Of Chinese ‘Propaganda Tool’

House Intel Chair Defends TikTok Bill, Warns Of Chinese 'Propaganda Tool'

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Mike Turner

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TikTok

Top Democrat and Republican senators warned over the weekend that TikTok, the social media app <a href="https://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/8/tiktok-china-s-influence-is-right-at-our-fingertips">allegedly</a> controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, is &#8220;the most powerful propaganda tool&#8221; that officials have ever seen.
The remarks from Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) and Ranking Member Marco Rubio (R-FL) on CBS News&#8217;s &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; come as the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a bill this week that would force ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, to divest its ownership in the company or it will be banned in the U.S.
Warner slammed President Joe Biden&#8217;s presidential campaign for joining TikTok, saying it sent &#8220;a pretty darn mixed message.&#8221;
Warner warned that TikTok poses a threat to the U.S. by collecting Americans&#8217; data and manipulating what they see to turn them against each other.
&#8220;If you don&#8217;t think the Chinese Communist Party can twist that algorithm to make it the news that they see reflective of their views, then I don&#8217;t think you appreciate the nature of the threat,&#8221; Warner said. &#8220;Would the United States ever allow China to buy CBS? I don&#8217;t think they would. And we might have slightly different ways on how we go at this, but we think this is a national security issue.&#8221;
Rubio said people get so hooked on TikTok because its algorithm has a powerful &#8220;recommender engine, which is one of the best in the world.&#8221;
&#8220;That is owned by ByteDance. Under Chinese law, ByteDance must own it,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;And the only way that that recommender engine works is if they have access to the data. So it doesn&#8217;t matter who you sell TikTok to, where they&#8217;re headquartered, doesn&#8217;t even matter where they stored the data. As long as ByteDance engineers in China have access to the algorithm — have access to that data — control the algorithm, they have to have access to American data to make it work. And that&#8217;s what we need to confront. That&#8217;s the reality here.&#8221;
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Warner concluded in his warning: &#8220;Manipulating that algorithm can mean what kind of information you&#8217;re going to see. And if you don&#8217;t think that could be used as the most powerful propaganda tool ever, then I don&#8217;t think you appreciate the threat.&#8221;
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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>, who is running for another term in the White House, says he believes the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is directing a surge in Chinese nationals coming to the United States.
An <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/02/04/trump_i_would_use_tariffs_to_fix_trade_with_china_maybe_more_than_60_on_chinese_goods.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> exchange on &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1754165068386770969" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> Trump responding to Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo, who asked him if he believes the CCP is directing the flow of people from China to the U.S., which she noted has increased of late.
&#8220;I believe so,&#8221; Trump replied. &#8220;And I believe we&#8217;re going to have a terrorist attack. 100%.&#8221;
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Trump on illegal immigration and whether he believes Chinese nationals are being directed by the CCP to go to America:
&quot;I believe so, and I believe we&#39;re going to have a terrorist attack. 100%.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Pcb3eLOhtl">pic.twitter.com/Pcb3eLOhtl</a>
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Trump went on to assert that he &#8220;had no terrorist attacks&#8221; during his first term in office, which spanned from January 2017 to January 2021, and he touted having &#8220;all sorts of bans on people from certain countries.&#8221;
More than 24,000 Chinese citizens were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in the past year, a number higher than the combined data on apprehensions from the ten previous years, according to a New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/us/politics/china-migrants-us-border.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> in November. The news outlet noted the migrants are part of an &#8220;exodus&#8221; of people seeking to escape China&#8217;s harsh COVID restrictions and the authoritarian government led by Xi Jinping.
Texas officials have disseminated figures showing cartels charging individuals from China <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/operation-lone-star-turns-back-over-30000-illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$35,000 to $50,000</a> a person to be smuggled into the United States.
As many as <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/11/16/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/#:~:text=The%20unauthorized%20immigrant%20population%20in,of%2012.2%20million%20in%202007." target="_blank" rel="noopener">10.5 million</a> illegal immigrants were living in the United States in 2021, according to a report in November by the Pew Research Center, which observed the figure to be a &#8220;modest&#8221; increase over the population in 2019 and &#8220;nearly identical&#8221; to the number in 2017.
Bartiromo asked Trump what he would do in a second term to grapple with what she estimated to be eight to ten million illegal immigrants in the U.S. &#8220;right now&#8221; on President Joe Biden&#8217;s watch.
&#8220;Well, you&#8217;re going to have to deport a lot of them,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;It&#8217;s not sustainable.&#8221;
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Trump on illegal immigration: &quot;It&#39;s not just South America. It&#39;s from Africa, from Asia, from all over the world &#8230; From China there were 28,000 people in the last few months. 28,000! That&#39;s—what&#39;s he doing, building an army?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/l2SZLs8jWb">pic.twitter.com/l2SZLs8jWb</a>
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Positing that 28,000 people from China have come to the United States &#8220;in the last few months,&#8221; Trump suggested there may be a national security threat, pondering whether an &#8220;army&#8221; is being put together. &#8220;And they were mostly men, almost all men from the age of 18 to 25,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So what&#8217;s that all about?&#8221;
Despite concerns about immigration, Trump insisted that he wants to get along with China in a second term. He declined to comment on whether he would try to stop China from trying to take over Taiwan, saying it would &#8220;jeopardize my negotiating ability&#8221; with Beijing.
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Trump on whether he believes China will try to interfere in the Presidential election:
&quot;I think they will, and they won&#39;t be interfering on my behalf.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/W0ugnC2GWQ">pic.twitter.com/W0ugnC2GWQ</a>
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Trump also said he thinks Beijing will try to meddle in the 2024 election. &#8220;And they won&#8217;t be interfering on my behalf,&#8221; he added.

Trump Says He Believes CCP Is Directing Flow Of Chinese Nationals To US

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Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) raised the alarm over the surge of 18,000 Chinese nationals across America’s southern border during the fiscal year in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The letter highlights the “significant threat” to America’s national security posed by the increasing number of Chinese nationals entering the United States.
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Since the beginning of this year, over 18,000 Chinese nationals (many with deep ties to the CCP) have illegally crossed our southern border. This is the consequence of Joe Biden’s open border. We are demanding answers. ⬇️ <a href="https://t.co/TGrdS0xHQT">https://t.co/TGrdS0xHQT</a>
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“July set the record for nationwide encounters with Chinese nationals with just over 6,100. 94.8 percent of Chinese national encounters in FY23 have been single adults,” the letter reads. “This trend poses a significant threat to our national security and warrants immediate attention and action from the Department of Homeland Security.”
Sen. Marshall’s attempts to reign in the border crisis come as encounters at the border <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-border-numbers-near-all-time-high" target="_blank" rel="noopener">near all-time highs</a> and major cities struggle to manage the influx.
The <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/migrant-border-crossings-fiscal-year-2022-topped-276-million-breaking-rcna53517" target="_blank" rel="noopener">record-high increases</a> in illegal immigration under the Biden administration have strained major cities like Chicago and New York, which have struggled to house foreign nationals. Chicago passed a measure to provide <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-city-council-approves-51-million-to-fund-illegal-immigrant-housing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$51 million</a> in funding to house and feed migrants, while <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/50-new-york-city-places-of-worship-will-house-foreign-nationals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">50 places of worship</a> in New York City are now being used to accommodate foreign nationals.
In the letter, Marshall goes on to note that “it is our understanding that not a single one of these individuals encountered has been detained for any length of time but rather benefitted from this administration’s policy of catch and release. CBP is releasing busloads of these individuals into the U.S. interior.”
“Chinese nationals crossing the border may include individuals who could engage in espionage activities or cyber-attacks against our critical infrastructure, government agencies, or private sector entities,” Sen. Marshall’s letter warns. “There have been numerous documented instances of Chinese nationals, at the direction of the CCP, engaging in espionage, stealing military and economic secrets.”
Marshall goes on to present a list of questions to Mayorkas, including “Has CBP identified any Chinese nationals apprehended at the border who are on the Terrorist Screening Database?” as well as “Has CBP identified any instances of Chinese nationals apprehended at the border being suspected of intending to engage in foreign espionage?”
Estimates have found that illegal immigration costs United States taxpayers approximately <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taxpayers-shell-out-151-billion-each-year-due-to-illegal-immigration-analysis-says">$151 billion</a> every year, with a recent report from Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee finding that illegal immigration places <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigration-costs-hospitals-billions-in-unpaid-bills-house-gop-report-finds">significant financial strain</a> on the American medical system.
There’s also been a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-patrol-records-1000-increase-in-illegal-immigration-from-china-afghanistan">1,000% increase</a> in illegal immigration from a number of different countries, including China, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, and the Dominican Republic, among others.
The spike has also enabled masses of illegal aliens to settle and buy land within the United States. A recent investigation from The Daily Wire highlighted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-colony-ridge-the-fastest-growing-development-in-the-u-s-is-a-magnet-for-illegal-immigrants">Colony Ridge</a>, a development north of Houston that has become a hub for thousands of illegal aliens. Many also fear that it has become a strategic center for Mexican cartels.
The letter comes days after Sen. Marshall <a href="https://www.marshall.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-marshall-supports-secure-the-border-act/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cosponsored</a> the Secure the Border Act, which would “resume construction on the wall, tighten asylum standards, criminalize visa overstays, increase the number of Border Patrol Agents.”
The legislation would also defund non-governmental organizations that receive taxpayer dollars to “traffic illegal aliens throughout the heartland,” and prohibit the DHS from using the Customs and Border Patrol One Application, which facilitates immigration.
Meanwhile, multiple public opinion surveys indicate that voters disapprove of Biden’s handling of the border. One <a href="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/06/Fox_June-23-26-2023_Complete_National_Topline_June-29-Release.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News poll</a>, which surveyed more than 1,000 registered voters in late June, found that 62% of respondents disapproved of Biden’s handling of the border, while only 35% approve.
Marshall also commented on the human cost of the border crisis, charging that “Joe Biden has allowed the cartels to have operational control of our nation’s border, exploiting every weakness and pushing illicit fentanyl into our communities – killing over 300 Americans a day.” The Senator from Kansas went on to warn “Without secure borders, we cannot ensure our country’s safety.”
Sen. Marshall previously issued a vote of <a href="https://www.marshall.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-marshall-introduces-historic-vote-of-no-confidence-resolution-against-dhs-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas/">no confidence</a> against DHS Secretary Mayorkas, asserting that he has “failed to fulfill the basic duties of his office and does not have the confidence of the Senate or of the American people to keep the border secure.”
“Sec. Mayorkas is derelict in his duties, and I’d be derelict in mine as a U.S. Senator if I didn’t act. Sec. Mayorkas’ failures have allowed over 400,000 convicted criminal aliens into our country- threatening the safety and security of our nation,” Sen. Marshall stated in April of this year. “We now look to the House to take the next step, and I stand ready for Sec. Mayorkas’ impeachment trial.”
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China’s top diplomat urged South Korea and Japan to form a race-based alliance with Beijing to “revitalize East Asia.”
Wang Yi, the head of the Chinese Communist Party’s Foreign Affairs Commission and former foreign minister, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/04/china/wang-yi-china-japan-south-korea-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Japanese and South Korean guests at the 2023 International Forum for Trilateral Cooperation that Americans can’t tell the three countries apart.
“Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans are all viewed as &#8216;Asians&#8217; by Americans. They cannot tell the differences between us, and it’s the same in Europe,” Wang <a href="https://twitter.com/statecraftdaily/status/1676502046164516864" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “No matter how you dye your hair blonde, or if you lift your nose tip, you can never become a Westerner.”
“We need to remember where we came from,” Wang continued, calling for China, Japan, and South Korea to “prosper together, revitalize East Asia, revitalize Asia and benefit the world.” 
Wang then appeared to take a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/china-japan-korea-race-controversy-b1fb99824d31b3f88a0893cacf6f54f0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">swipe</a> at the United States, stating that “some major countries outside the region deliberately exaggerate ideological differences, weave various exclusive small circles, and try to replace cooperation with confrontation and unity with division.”
The racialized comments might have been brushed aside in Seoul and Tokyo, given their troubled relationship with Beijing and close military partnership with Washington. 
Both countries’ partnerships with the U.S. center on countering China’s rising influence and the security threat posed by North Korea. Japan, South Korea, and the U.S. have conducted several trilateral military operations, and the U.S. <a href="https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-21-270" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stations</a> more than 80,000 military personnel between the two countries.
“Both have made it clear they feel safer with the US around, and have no interest in abandoning their alliances to instead rely on Beijing’s goodwill,” said Joel Atkinson, a professor of international politics at Hankuk University in Seoul.
Japan and South Korea moved to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/asia/south-korea-yoon-japan-visit-regional-security-int-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mend</a> their troubled relationship with each other earlier this year after North Korea <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/26/world/north-korea-launches-ballistic-missile/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fired</a> two long-range ballistic missiles into the sea between the two American allies. The two countries have also released joint statements emphasizing their major security interests in the Taiwan Strait, drawing ire from China.
Experts criticized Wang’s statement, noting the major differences China has between the two countries and the fact that Japanese and South Koreans regularly become American citizens.
“The irony of &#8230; Wang Yi telling Japanese and Koreans ‘you can never become an American,’ is that Japanese and Koreans become Americans every day,” <a href="https://apnews.com/article/china-japan-korea-race-controversy-b1fb99824d31b3f88a0893cacf6f54f0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> Jeff M. Smith, director of the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation, “They’re part of the fabric of America. What they can’t become is Chinese. Tone deaf.”
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Bonnie Glaser, Asia Director of the George Marshall Fund of the United States, <a href="https://twitter.com/BonnieGlaser/status/1676265570986074130" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>, “This message will not land well with Japan and South Korea. Does Wang Yi really think that national interests are less important than appearance?”
One person from South Korea <a href="https://twitter.com/Joel_P_Atkinson/status/1676461568220090368" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to Wang on Twitter by tweeting, “If aliens invade, we will join hands with the aliens and attack you.”
According to the Associated Press, Wang brushed over several historical differences between the three Asian countries that exacerbate tensions to this day, including China’s involvement in the Korean War and Japan’s harsh occupation of China during World War II.

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China’s Top Diplomat Urges Race-Based Alliance With Japan, South Korea

China's Top Diplomat Urges Race-Based Alliance With Japan, South Korea

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South Korea

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Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley warned Sunday that China has been building up its defenses and military for “decades” to prepare for war with the United States. 
Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Haley, who is running for the GOP presidential nomination, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nikki-haley-sounds-the-alarm-chinas-military-growth-blasts-pentagon-gender-pronoun-classes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> host Shannon Bream that the U.S. military under President Joe Biden is focusing on things that won’t help in a conflict with China, including radical gender ideology. In the meantime, Haley says, China has rapidly improved its military might. 
&#8220;If you look at the military situation, they now have the largest naval fleet in the world. They have 340 ships, we have 293. They&#8217;re going to have 400 in two years, we won&#8217;t even have 350 in two decades,” Haley told Bream. “They have started developing hypersonic missiles. We&#8217;re just now getting started. They are modernizing their military. Our military&#8217;s taking gender pronoun classes. Look at what they&#8217;re doing on cyber, artificial intelligence, space – they&#8217;re ahead of us.”
“We have some work to do,” Haley said.
Haley went on to say the United States must begin strengthening its military because China has been “preparing for war with us for decades.” She said that the American relationship with China cannot be put on the back burner — it’s an issue the country must focus on “today.”
The presidential contender said the U.S. must deal with China diplomatically, economically, and militarily. She added that issues that can be resolved quickly include ending Chinese entities purchasing American farmland, stopping Chinese propaganda in American universities, and making sure China stops “bringing the fentanyl across the border.” 
“Let’s stop the lobbying that is happening from Chinese companies that are just a front for the Chinese Communist Party,” Haley added, specifically mentioning Huawei, Tencent, and Alibaba.  
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Last week, Haley made <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/beijing-rebukes-us-presidential-hopeful-haleys-china-plans-2023-06-28/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">headlines</a> after she said China is “much more than a mere ‘competitor’ — Communist China is an enemy,” prompting a response from the Chinese embassy in the United States. 
&#8220;Only those who draw attention by smearing and blame-shifting in the election campaign will end up on the ash heap of history,&#8221; Liu Pengyu, spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C., <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/beijing-rebukes-us-presidential-hopeful-haleys-china-plans-2023-06-28/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Reuters. 
In response, Haley blasted the Chinese for their role in the American fentanyl crisis, saying the U.S. and Chinese relationship would be “much better” if China stopped spying, “robbing” American businesses, and &#8220;threatening&#8221; American allies militarily. 
Haley served as ambassador to the United Nations from 2017 to 2018 during the Trump administration. She is currently polling at 3% in the race for the Republican nomination, behind former President Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, according to a recent Morning Consult <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-r/2024/national/">poll</a>.

Nikki Haley Delivers Foreign Policy Speech On China

‘We Have Some Work To Do’: Nikki Haley Warns Of Chinese Military Buildup

Nikki Haley Warns Of Chinese Military Buildup 

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/communist-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Communist China</a> is reportedly planning on building a military base in northern Cuba, approximately 100 miles off the coast of Florida, sending U.S. officials into a panic over how to respond.
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-plans-a-new-training-facility-in-cuba-raising-prospect-of-chinese-troops-on-americas-doorstep-e17fd5d1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that China and Cuba are at an &#8220;advanced stage&#8221; in negotiating the new joint military facility.
U.S. officials told the Journal that the information they have about the proposed military facility is contained in &#8220;highly classified new U.S. intelligence.&#8221;
The facility could enable China to permanently house troops on the island and increase its joint spying efforts with Cuba against the U.S.
The report said that the effort is part of a Chinese military plan known as &#8220;Project 141,” which aims to expand China&#8217;s military presence around the globe. Prior to the new development that it wants to build a base in Cuba, none of China&#8217;s other efforts in Project 141 have been in the Western Hemisphere.
Some U.S. officials believe that China is ramping up activity in Cuba in response to America&#8217;s support and activity in Taiwan, which is roughly 100 miles off China&#8217;s coast.
Other officials downplayed the Journal&#8217;s reporting, including their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/china-to-build-spy-base-in-cuba-focused-on-intercepting-communications-within-u-s-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from earlier this month about China&#8217;s joint efforts with Cuba to build spy stations targeting the U.S.
“The intelligence community has assessed for several years that the PRC intends to expand its reach globally, and in this case, it is premature to draw firm conclusions about recent reporting,” a U.S. intelligence official told the newspaper. “At this stage, it does not appear to be anything that provides much of an enhancement to the current suite of capabilities.”
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The Journal reported that China reached a deal with Cuba to build an electronic eavesdropping base in the country, which is reportedly worth billions, and would allow China to construct a facility that can intercept communications in the southeastern U.S., home to dozens of military bases. The Chinese spy base could also monitor U.S. ship traffic.

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Chinese Communist Party General Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/xi-jinping" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Xi Jinping</a> praised American billionaire and Microsoft co-founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-gates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Gates</a>, calling the businessman a “friend.”
Gates met with Xi this week, alongside Chinese Foreign Secretary Qin Gang and chief Chinese diplomat Wang Yi. Xi and Gates discussed pandemic prevention and technological development, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-16/gates-foundation-city-of-beijing-team-up-to-battle-diseases?srnd=premium-asia&amp;sref=PFCuwcPr&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_content=business&amp;cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic#xj4y7vzkg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Bloomberg. 
“You are the first American friend I’ve met in Beijing this year,” Xi told Gates, in a discussion that was broadcast on China Central Television, a state-backed broadcaster. 
“I’ve always said that the foundation of China-U.S. ties lies among the people,” Xi said. “We always pin our hopes on [the] American people and hope the two peoples can continue to be friendly.” 
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Xi and Bill Gates meet in Beijing. 
Xi: &quot;You are the first American friend I’ve met in Beijing this year.&quot; 
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The two also <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-xi-tells-bill-gates-he-welcomes-us-ai-tech-china-2023-06-16/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> discussed artificial intelligence, though what was exactly said has not yet been disclosed. 
Gates <a href="https://twitter.com/BillGates/status/1668978644897923073" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Twitter that he was in China to meet with partners working on “global health and development challenges.” 
“I’ve just landed in Beijing for the first time since 2019, where I’m excited to visit with partners who have been working on global health and development challenges with [the Gates Foundation] for more than 15 years,” he said. 
Gates went on to say that much could be learned from China on issues of poverty and health. 
“Solving problems like climate change, health inequity and food insecurity requires innovation. From developing malaria drugs to investing in climate adaptation, China has a lot of experience in that. We need to unlock that kind of progress for more people around the world,” he said. 
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Gates, who has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-gates-praises-china-theyve-done-a-very-good-job" target="_blank" rel="noopener">praised</a> China before, has come under fire after Microsoft was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-bill-gates-secretly-partnered-with-china-and-sold-out-the-american-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> of aiding in the censorship of Chinese dissidents. In 2005, Microsoft banned Chinese journalist Zhao Jing after a request from the CCP, according to Amnesty International. Gates has also downplayed the scope of Chinese censorship. 
The meeting between Xi and Gates comes before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to travel to China. A previous trip from Blinken to China was canceled after a Chinese spy balloon floated over the U.S. 
“While in Beijing, Secretary Blinken will meet with senior PRC officials where he will discuss the importance of maintaining open lines of communication to responsibly manage the U.S.-PRC relationship. He will also raise bilateral issues of concern, global and regional matters, and potential cooperation on shared transnational challenges,” the State Department <a href="https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinkens-trip-to-the-peoples-republic-of-china-and-the-united-kingdom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. 
Blinken’s visit follows the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cia-director-took-secret-visit-to-china-to-meet-with-intelligence-officials-reports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">secret trip</a> made by CIA Director William Burns in May.

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