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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  • WatDabney@sopuli.xyz
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    4 hours 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.

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      Well, if they can’t pass the SAVE Act, then they may not be able to suppress enough votes. So…“plan B”, is to blame the Communists that are trying to take over the country, and segue right into labeling all left-wing opposition to his authority, as enemies of the state. They’ve already been laying that groundwork. This just officially links all local leftists to a foreign adversary.