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President Trump To Use Huawei CFO As a Bargaining Chip (politico.com)
hackingbear shares a report from Politico, adding: "This fuels the suspicion that the Chinese executive is held as a hostage for the ongoing trade negotiation with China." From the report: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he reserved the right to weigh in on the Justice Department's case against the CFO of Huawei, if it would help him close a trade deal with Beijing or would serve other American national security interests. "If I think it's good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever made -- which is a very important thing -- what's good for national security -- I would certainly intervene if I thought it was necessary," Trump told Reuters. Trump added that President Xi Jinping of China had not called him about the case, but that the White House had been in touch with both the Justice Department and Chinese officials. Huawei's CFO, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested in Canada earlier this month at the request of American authorities, who allege that she violated U.S. sanctions against Iran. Yesterday, a Vancouver judge ruled that Meng would be released on a $7.5 million bail if she remains in British Columbia.
Try Australia
New Zealand
Finland
Sweden
Germany
etc
All these countries (and others) are:
More democratic than the USA, better healthcare, freedom of speech, the people are happier, your kids can go to school without fear of being executed, etc etc etc.
There are many countries in the world that make the USA look like a shithole.
That seems like a pretty unhealthy precedent to set.
Quite so. I believe she is still in Canada. If Canada has any backbone at all, they should refuse to extradite in the wake of these extrajudicial threats.
As a Canadian I'm offended that your dotard in the Oval Office thinks our justice system is just another toy to play with. Pretty sure I speak for about 90% of my fellow Canadians as well.
You should lock him in his playpen, he is an embarrassment to your country.
Yet we are not allowed to be offended that you refer to our President as a dotard in a playpen.
You are totally allowed. We'd think you would be used to it by now.