Posted on 07/23/2020 8:18:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
China Global Television Network (CGTN) issued a nearly six-minute video entitled “Can COVID-19 beat populism?” in which the Chinese Communist Party-run network leverages the coronavirus as “another straw on the camel’s back to expose [Trump’s] hollow politics.”
In addition to attacking President Trump, the video also went after China-skeptic political leaders such as Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Britain’s Boris Johnson.
The video confirms Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s insistence that China has leveraged coronavirus to its benefit.
The Mail reports that Sec. Pompeo “used a visit to London to outline a vision for a global coalition to counter the communist regime as he accused its leadership of exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to further its own interests.”
While President Trump’s actions on coronavirus were certainly not “hollow”, moving to suspend travel from China in January, CGTN insisted the virus was a “test” that “most of the populist leaders have failed.”
CGTN is keen on politicizing coronavirus, insisting its silver lining is that “more people are beginning to realize that their populist rhetoric is nothing but empty promises.”
“Populist leaders like U.S. President Donald Trump are good at whipping up populist sentiment. They look strong. They promise they can “get things done.” They are “experts” at manipulating people’s feelings. But here’s the twist: They are incompetent at solving real threats and problems,” the video added.
The video answers its own question, whether or not coronavirus “can beat populism,” with a resounding yes, and revels in the conclusion.
Looks like Joe is colluding with the Chinese.
They had to tell us that?
I like to ask libs who they favor in the upcoming Chinese elections.
its sure a tool in the hands of the DNC to seize power again (and next time they pull off an election, they won’t give up the power ever again. SorozNazi made the mistake of not spending quite enough $ to rig the 2016 election, he came extremely close and with a real loser of a candidate too... he isn’t making that mistake again this time)
Starting to wonder if the deep state is working with the chicoms to spread the virus (or at least looking the other way while they do it.). Why is it suddenly exploding again? One wonders if it was seeded in the Floyd protests. It would be trivial to do and almost impossible to prove.
Everything bad happening leads to China....including my latest hose nozzle replacement.
We have more than a lot of politicians and corporate high ups who are loyal to China, not the USA. They shoild all be hung.
Duh..
I, like most FReepers, saw that within 1 minute of the announcement that the kung fu virus was going to kill us.
There is no reason to disbelieve official Chicom media. Test kits are proven contaminated. I believe the testing sites are using Chinese Cotton swabs infected with the virus. This is the only explanation of why the virus seems to be surviving the heat.
You're JUST starting to wonder this???
It's quite obvious, even to those half asleep.
Anywho....welcome to the party.
The title is very deceiving.
If read by some it could be taken to mean that the Chinese made the virus (as a tool) as a weapon to beat Trump.
While there can be a few hints of that, they are small and are no more definite than was the Steele Dossier, at this point.
The most likely true meaning of the issue today is simply that politically the Chinese CCP may hope, and may even be trying to inflame U.S. social media that the U.S. response to the Wuhan Virus may defeat Trump. That is certainly a major block of the Dim’s theme as well, so it is no suprise that the CCP would promote it as well - hoping a Dim administration will thank them with a softening of U.S. policies toward Beijing.
The latter idea deserves our strong attention, not the conspiracy theories that the CCP intentionally developed the Wuhan Virus as a toll against Trump.
Has anyone researched whether Biden has colluded with the Chinese?
I thought Biden was a tool.
Stop children, What’s that sound?
Three Gorges Dam is falling down..
You better run , you better hide
Trump is in the wind , Son
Trump is in the way.
bkmk
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