This article is from the source 'guardian' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/26/trump-china-beijing-election-midterms-interference-claim
The article has changed 10 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
Version 0 | Version 1 |
---|---|
Trump accuses China of meddling in midterms but offers no evidence for claim | Trump accuses China of meddling in midterms but offers no evidence for claim |
(about 1 hour later) | |
Donald Trump has accused China of seeking to meddle in November’s midterm elections, saying Beijing did not want his Republican party to do well because of his stance on trade. | Donald Trump has accused China of seeking to meddle in November’s midterm elections, saying Beijing did not want his Republican party to do well because of his stance on trade. |
“China has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election, coming up in November. Against my administration,” Trump told a UN security council meeting on Wednesday whose ostensible subject was non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and Iran. | |
Trump did not provide any evidence for the allegation. | |
“They do not want me or us to win because I am the first president ever to challenge China on trade and we are winning on trade, we are winning at every level. We don’t want them to meddle or interfere in our upcoming election,” Trump said. | “They do not want me or us to win because I am the first president ever to challenge China on trade and we are winning on trade, we are winning at every level. We don’t want them to meddle or interfere in our upcoming election,” Trump said. |
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi, rejected what he described as “unwarranted accusations” against Beijing. | |
“China has all along followed the principle of non-interference,” Wang said in the same session. | |
“We did not and will not interfere in any country’s domestic affairs. We refuse to accept any unwarranted accusations against China.” | |
Trump has made similar allegations in the past: in September he tweeted that China was “actively trying to impact and change our election by attacking our farmers, ranchers and industrial workers because of their loyalty to me”. | |
That tweet came a day after the US president intensified his trade war with Beijing by imposing new tariffs of $200bn on Chinese goods arriving in the US. | That tweet came a day after the US president intensified his trade war with Beijing by imposing new tariffs of $200bn on Chinese goods arriving in the US. |
China has openly stated that they are actively trying to impact and change our election by attacking our farmers, ranchers and industrial workers because of their loyalty to me. What China does not understand is that these people are great patriots and fully understand that..... | China has openly stated that they are actively trying to impact and change our election by attacking our farmers, ranchers and industrial workers because of their loyalty to me. What China does not understand is that these people are great patriots and fully understand that..... |
Trump himself is not up for re-election until 2020 but November’s voting will decide whether his Republican party can keep control of the US House of Representatives and the Senate. | Trump himself is not up for re-election until 2020 but November’s voting will decide whether his Republican party can keep control of the US House of Representatives and the Senate. |
US intelligence agency conclusions that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election have hung over Trump’s presidency. In July at a summit in Helsinki, Trump accepted Vladimir Putin’s denials and the US president describes investigations as a political witch-hunt. | |
Donald Trump | Donald Trump |
China | China |
US foreign policy | US foreign policy |
Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific |
news | news |
Share on Facebook | Share on Facebook |
Share on Twitter | Share on Twitter |
Share via Email | Share via Email |
Share on LinkedIn | Share on LinkedIn |
Share on Pinterest | Share on Pinterest |
Share on Google+ | Share on Google+ |
Share on WhatsApp | Share on WhatsApp |
Share on Messenger | Share on Messenger |
Reuse this content | Reuse this content |