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Now We Know Why Trump Tried To Get An Injunction Against The Wolff Book

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First, we have this:

An “all-encompassing” war with China was one of the earliest objectives of President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon, according to Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, a controversial, behind-the-scenes-account of the US leader’s first year in office.

“The real enemy, said an on-point Bannon, careful not to defend Trump too much or to diss him at all, was China,” author Michael Wolff wrote in an account of a strategy session two weeks ahead of Trump’s inauguration.

“China was the first front in a new cold war,” Wolff wrote, summarising Bannon’s message to former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes at the meeting.

“China is where Nazi Germany was in 1929 to 1930,” Wolff quoted Bannon as saying. “The Chinese, like the Germans, are the most rational people in the world, until they’re not. And they’re gonna flip like Germany in the ‘thirties. You’re going to have a hypernationalist state, and once that happens, you can’t put the genie back in the bottle.”

Starting ?all-encompassing war? with China topped Trump strategist Bannon?s White House agenda, new book reveals | South China Morning Post
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Then, we get this:

President Xi Jinping has issued a blunt call for China's military to be ready for war and unafraid to die defending the country, as geopolitical tensions mount in Asia.

Xi's exhortation to the world's largest fighting force, parts of which were revealed only late Thursday, came during what state media characterised as a rare address by the Chinese leader to the country's entire military.

Xi cemented his status as China's most powerful leader in decades during an October Communist Party congress, and this week's rhetoric and images of massed soldiers and tanks seemed designed to back up his new strongman image.

China's military personnel should "neither fear hardship nor death," Xi told thousands of military personnel during an inspection visit Wednesday to the People's Liberation Army's Central Theater Command in northern Hebei province, according to the official Xinhua news agency.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...na-s-xi-issues-blunt-call-to-military-9835354
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Now, it's hard to say whether Xi's statements to his military were triggered by the unverified trash in Wolff's book, but it's pretty safe to say that the trash could potentially set back the diplomacy that the Trump administration has worked so hard on since the day he was inaugurated. For sure, that trash doesn't help things one bit.

So, it's not surprising that Trump would try to quash trash that could damage our country's foreign policy actions.
 
Mycroft said:
First, we have this:



Then, we get this:



Now, it's hard to say whether Xi's statements to his military were triggered by the unverified trash in Wolff's book, but it's pretty safe to say that the trash could potentially set back the diplomacy that the Trump administration has worked so hard on since the day he was inaugurated. For sure, that trash doesn't help things one bit.

So, it's not surprising that Trump would try to quash trash that could damage our country's foreign policy actions.
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If it's fake news why does he care so much?
 
Mycroft said:
First, we have this:



Then, we get this:



Now, it's hard to say whether Xi's statements to his military were triggered by the unverified trash in Wolff's book, but it's pretty safe to say that the trash could potentially set back the diplomacy that the Trump administration has worked so hard on since the day he was inaugurated. For sure, that trash doesn't help things one bit.

So, it's not surprising that Trump would try to quash trash that could damage our country's foreign policy actions.
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Because NOBODY gets to damage our foreign policy but TRUMP!

How does his poking lil Kim help the diplomacy with china you're so concerned about?
 
Mycroft said:
First, we have this:



Then, we get this:



Now, it's hard to say whether Xi's statements to his military were triggered by the unverified trash in Wolff's book, but it's pretty safe to say that the trash could potentially set back the diplomacy that the Trump administration has worked so hard on since the day he was inaugurated. For sure, that trash doesn't help things one bit.

So, it's not surprising that Trump would try to quash trash that could damage our country's foreign policy actions.
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Trump isn't concerned about that. His interest, as always, is rooted in personal vanity. Read his statements and tweets.

Oh, and what diplomacy? Trump is dismantling the parts of the government that do diplomacy. His administration doesn't believe in "soft" power. Haley is all that's left.
 
It's always nauseating to see conservatives that say they care so much about freedom of speech, and being against politically correct culture, defend a president that does everything to censor negative press.

The party has changed a party since Nixon.
 
What if...? said:
Because NOBODY gets to damage our foreign policy but TRUMP!

How does his poking lil Kim help the diplomacy with china you're so concerned about?
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So...it's okay with you if someone talks trash...if the media splashes the trash all over the world...and the country we are trying to deal with decides we really want war, even though that's false...and they pull out of any deals they were inclined to make...or worse, it actually STARTS a war?

All because some guy who got fired from his job wants to get back at the guy who fired him.

Sounds to me like you don't care about America much. Are you an American?
 
Mycroft said:
First, we have this:



Then, we get this:



Now, it's hard to say whether Xi's statements to his military were triggered by the unverified trash in Wolff's book, but it's pretty safe to say that the trash could potentially set back the diplomacy that the Trump administration has worked so hard on since the day he was inaugurated. For sure, that trash doesn't help things one bit.

So, it's not surprising that Trump would try to quash trash that could damage our country's foreign policy actions.
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First of all, you used the words, "Trump" and "diplomacy" in the same sentence hilarious!

Second of all, Trump's refutations of the Wolff book have nothing to do with policy or diplomacy. Trump's only pushing back about claims about his state of mind and Russian collusion. But nice try!

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<alt>doxygen said:
Trump isn't concerned about that. His interest, as always, is rooted in personal vanity. Read his statements and tweets.

Oh, and what diplomacy? Trump is dismantling the parts of the government that do diplomacy. His administration doesn't believe in "soft" power. Haley is all that's left.
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Yeah...I guess you aren't aware that the entire Trump administration has been dealing with China on a variety of issues. Maybe the Mainstream Media didn't tell you about all that, eh?
 
lurchadams said:
First of all, you used the words, "Trump" and "diplomacy" in the same sentence hilarious!

Second of all, Trump's refutations of the Wolff book have nothing to do with policy or diplomacy. Trump's only pushing back about claims about his state of mind and Russian collusion. But nice try!

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Well, you have your opinion...the one given to you by the Mainstream Media. But does it occur to you that Trump doesn't tweet EVERYTHING?

Some things require direct legal action.
 
Mycroft said:
So...it's okay with you if someone talks trash...if the media splashes the trash all over the world...and the country we are trying to deal with decides we really want war, even though that's false...and they pull out of any deals they were inclined to make...or worse, it actually STARTS a war?

All because some guy who got fired from his job wants to get back at the guy who fired him.

Sounds to me like you don't care about America much. Are you an American?
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Yep, it's a time-honored right-wing tradition to accuse anyone who dares to criticize right-wing leadership, "unpatriotic". Anyone who dared to criticize the rationale behind and the way the Iraq war was executed during Bush 43 were accused of "hating the troops". Like your idol often says, "sick" and "sad" :(
 
Mycroft said:
Did you read that first article I quoted? That's from China.
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You are connecting two unrelated events that have nothing to do with each other in an effort to defend Trump. China is NOT going to mount an all encompassing war, just because a book told them to.
 
Mycroft said:
First, we have this:



Then, we get this:



Now, it's hard to say whether Xi's statements to his military were triggered by the unverified trash in Wolff's book, but it's pretty safe to say that the trash could potentially set back the diplomacy that the Trump administration has worked so hard on since the day he was inaugurated. For sure, that trash doesn't help things one bit.

So, it's not surprising that Trump would try to quash trash that could damage our country's foreign policy actions.
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Not good to have crazy people like Bannon in the WH.
 
MovingPictures said:
It's always nauseating to see conservatives that say they care so much about freedom of speech, and being against politically correct culture, defend a president that does everything to censor negative press.

The party has changed a party since Nixon.
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There's "negative press"...and then there's "negative press about an incendiary book that very well could harm US relations around the world".

Freedom requires responsibility.
 
Mycroft said:
Well, you have your opinion...the one given to you by the Mainstream Media. But does it occur to you that Trump doesn't tweet EVERYTHING?

Some things require direct legal action.
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So now you're claiming Trump has a filter or exercises restraint in what he tweets or blurts out? Again, hilarious! But bless your heart for trying!
 
<alt>doxygen said:
Trump isn't concerned about that. His interest, as always, is rooted in personal vanity. Read his statements and tweets.

Oh, and what diplomacy? Trump is dismantling the parts of the government that do diplomacy. His administration doesn't believe in "soft" power. Haley is all that's left.
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Yeah, like when Trump visited China and said nobody in the history of China was treated better than him.

That doesn't sound vain at all.
 
Mycroft said:
"negative press about an incendiary book that very well could harm US relations around the world".

Freedom requires responsibility.
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It's funny that you think Trump or Bannon actually cares about that.
 
SheWolf said:
Yeah, like when Trump visited China and said nobody in the history of China was treated better than him.

That doesn't sound vain at all.
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lurchadams said:
So now you're claiming Trump has a filter or exercises restraint in what he tweets or blurts out? Again, hilarious! But bless your heart for trying!
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Or when he tweeted Travel and Transgender bans.
 
NeverTrumpGOP said:
You are connecting two unrelated events that have nothing to do with each other in an effort to defend Trump. China is NOT going to mount an all encompassing war, just because a book told them to.
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I didn't say China is going to mount an all encompassing war. I spoke of a range of possibilities that could result from the trash in Wolff's book.

That article from South China Morning Post shows that at least some of the Chinese have paid attention...and reported on...that trash.
 
Mycroft said:
There's "negative press"...and then there's "negative press about an incendiary book that very well could harm US relations around the world".

Freedom requires responsibility.
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Trump is harming relations around the world, so the book isn't far fetched. This can be undone if we elect the right leader next.

I do recall Trumps campaign rhetoric being really harsh on China. Perhaps that was Bannons influence, and soon after Trump won, China did act aggressively. That aggression has calmed.
 
Mycroft said:
I didn't say China is going to mount an all encompassing war. I spoke of a range of possibilities that could result from the trash in Wolff's book.

That article from South China Morning Post shows that at least some of the Chinese have paid attention...and reported on...that trash.
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No it doesn't. That article makes no mention of a book from half way around the world. It likely has to do with rising tensions in Asia, which is what the article talked about.
 
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