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American President-elect Donald Trump confirmed that he held a phone call with genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on Friday, which he described as a “very good one” that will help Washington and Beijing “solve many problems.”Trump is expected to assume the presidency of America a second time on Monday and won the 2024 election on a campaign platform identified the Chinese Communist Party as a major national security threat to the United States.
The topics discussed, according to Trump, are some of the most controversial in the China-U.S. relationship – in stark contrast to the approach of the Biden administration, which claimed to prioritize issues such as “climate change” in discussions with Chinese officials. The Tiktok ban is a particularly contentious topic in the United States.
Trump’s warm remarks on his chat with Xi contrast to the aggressive approach that prospective members of his administration previewed during their Congressional hearings this week. Trump’s choice for secretary of state, Sen. Marco Rubio , has made opposition to communism around the world a cornerstone of his policies, leading to China banning him from entering the country. Asked about his opposition to the Communist Party on Wednesday, Sen. Rubio said it would not get in the way of diplomacy.
“Despite everything I’ve said, I have consistently throughout my career said that it is that geopolitical … developing imbalance that is the greatest risk to global security and prosperity,” Sen. Rubio added, “because that could quickly trigger not just trade and economic conflict but an armed one which would be catastrophic.”“China will build a 100 new coal plants this year. There is not a clean energy race, there is an energy race.
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