In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and ahead of the November presidential election, President Donald Trump has escalated his intense rhetoric against the Chinese government. 'Xi Jinping would be right up there with (Russia's Vladimir) Putin in his ability to look at Donald Trump and say
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and ahead of the November presidential election, President Donald Trump has escalated his intense rhetoric against the Chinese government. But his former national security adviser John Bolton said that his harsh words mask a softness on China and a penchant for its president, Xi Jinping.
Most recently, that meant Trump praising China's response to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and its"transparency" in January and February, even as the Chinese government hid or refused to share details of the virus with the international community. "I mean, it's one thing if you had a clear foreign policy rationale to downplay a criminal or regulatory proceeding because of a larger strategic interest. It's quite another just to do it off-the-cuff, on-the-whim, give your buddy Xi Jinping a benefit. This was not part of some sustained interagency policy-making process. This was just conversation with Xi Jinping. And I find that very troubling," he said.
Six months prior, during a December 2018 G-20 meeting, Xi told Trump he wanted to work with Trump for six more years, according to Bolton, and the president"replied that people were saying that the two-term constitutional limit on presidents should be repealed for him." The example that seems most"stunning" to Bolton is one that's been widely reported this past week -- his assertion that during that June 2019 conversation, Trump was"pleading with Xi to ensure he'd win" reelection by purchasing more U.S. soybeans and wheat.
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