US President Donald Trump’s prime-time attack on China over alleged election interference marks a significant escalation in the rivalry between Washington and Beijing, elevating the issue from a cyber dispute to a broader national security confrontation, analysts say. “This speech is significant not simply because it criticises China. It is significant because it elevates alleged Chinese election interference to the level of a central national security narrative, comparable to how Russia was…


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    1 hour ago

    Huh.

    It looks as if Trump isn’t quite so sure that the Republicans are going to successfully steal the midterms, so he’s shifting to a fallback strategy of trying to proactively undermine the inevitable results.