Rep. Carlos Giménez, R-Fla., slammed Biden over his handling of the China threat after Honduras joins a list of Latin American countries forging ties with China.
a growing list of Latin American countries forging comprehensive strategic relationships with China, heightening concerns over the Biden administration's handling of the threat from the communist nation.
"The only way a lot of these policies of the Biden administration make any sense whatsoever is that somebody may be compromised here," Rep. Carlos Giménez, R-Fla., said on""There sure is a lot of smoke around the Biden family, their finances and where that came from. And as a former firefighter, I can tell you that where there's smoke, there's fire.
Nicaragua similarly broke longstanding ties with Taiwan in December 2021, declaring"Taiwan is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory." "What's perverse about it is that apparently, we treat our friends like our enemies. We treat our enemies like our friends," Giménez said, noting there are many issues to bringingGiménez outlined ways to not only decouple the U.S. economy from China but also work to bolster the western hemisphere, so countries will not look to China.
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