4 ms·
The current administration appointed a Uighar-American as National Security Council Director of China to advise the president on China issues. However, this app
by cheese_van 6y ago
The current administration appointed a Uighar-American as National Security Council Director of China to advise the president on China issues. However, this appointment was ignored by US media, for reasons we can only speculate. While much of the administration's response to China issues has been characterized as "heavy handed" by the same media, that leadership is responsible for influencing the EU to take a similar approach. There's much of Trump I don't like, but I wholly approve of that administration's actions regarding the whole of China.
- galimaufry 6y agoHowever he also supported China's anti-Uigher policy in secret remarks[1] to President Xi. There seems to be a hidden agenda at odds with the public agenda. [1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-told-chinas-president-that-building-concentration-camps-for-millions-of-uighur-muslims-was-exactly-the-right-thing-to-do-former-adviser-says/ar-BB15CRGw https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-told-chinas-pr...
- themacguffinman 6y agoThis is why it's important that the White House challenges China for the right reasons with the right strategy. Trump is certainly the most anti-China president in years, but he often contradicts himself and frames it with racist, partisan, and protectionist rhetoric, actually damaging human rights-based anti-China opposition. Not to mention he's intent on weakening the levers of soft power that the US has traditionally used as he damages alliances and withdraws from global organizations like the WHO. It's not enough to be publicly anti-China. Effective leadership demands a focused message, effective coalition building, and unifying rhetoric where Trump has turned it into a partisan wedge like everything he wades into.