After a report by The New York Times that Russia and China are taking advantage of his penchant for using his private iPhone, China’s Foreign Ministry borrowed one of Donald Trump’s favorite words to describe the media.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying used the English term “fake news” to dismiss the report when answering a question in Chinese during a regular press briefing.
“I feel like in the US some people are really trying their best to win the Oscar for best screenplay,” Hua said in reference to the New York Times article.
Trump joined in the mockery in an early-morning tweet:
The so-called experts on Trump over at the New York Times wrote a long and boring article on my cellphone usage that is so incorrect I do not have time here to correct it. I only use Government Phones, and have only one seldom used government cell phone. Story is soooo wrong!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2018
According to the report, both China and Russia had been able to listen to phone calls made by the US president, though it was unclear the extent to which foreign entities had gleaned important information.
Judging by accounts of how Trump discusses political tactics and policy decisions with friends in a casual and mercurial fashion, one wonders whether, if the reporting were true, foreign intelligence officials would be better informed or more confused after listening in.
China can have the right to meddling the Taiwan election,cos Taiwan is under China province,if is happened
China can have the right to meddling the Taiwan election,cos Taiwan is under China province,if is happened
What’s the big deal? I only pity the spies who might die from excessive laughter listening to Trump.
What’s the big deal? I only pity the spies who might die from excessive laughter listening to Trump.
Democracy is fundamentally flawed and doomed to meltdown either by internal madness (cf. Trump and Brexit) or by external meddling (Russia and China). Just give up.
Democracy is fundamentally flawed and doomed to meltdown either by internal madness (cf. Trump and Brexit) or by external meddling (Russia and China). Just give up.