Published 11:34 IST, August 8th 2020

Trump says China wants to see him lose election to 'sleepy Joe Biden'

Speaking at a press conference, Trump said “If Joe Biden was president China would own our country.” Further, he added, China would “dream” to rule the US.

Reported by: Zaini Majeed
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On August 7, US President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack against his Democratic presidential contender, saying, China would "love" to have him lose  election to "sleepy Joe Biden". Speaking at a press conference, Trump said “If Joe Biden was president China would own our country.” Furr, he added, that China would “dream” to rule United Staes of America.

Trump’s warnings come in view of China’s recent critical response to US administration’s handling of coronavirus pandemic and China’s Houston consulate shutdown, recently. Furr, a top US counter-intelligence official warned that China was expanding efforts for Trump to lose in 2020 vember presidential election. Director of National Counter-intelligence and Security Centre, Bill Evanina, said in a statement that China viewed US President Trump as “unpredictable”, and US assessed that People’s Republic wouldn’t want President Trump to win re-election. 

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China “a bigger threat”

When asked by reporters about intelligence report at a news conference, Trump called China “a bigger threat” and rejected Russia’s meddling to denigrate former Vice President Joe Biden. Trump said at press conference that  last person Russia wanted to witness in oval office was Donald Trump because body’s been tougher on Russia than he had. Furr, responding to Evanina’s statement that Russia, China, and Iran were attempting to sway voters, he lashed out, saying, “I don’t care what anybody says” but Iran would “love” to see his Presidency lose. He added, if he won, he would "make deals with Iran very quickly". 

"If and when we win, we will make deals with rth Korea very quickly. If I did t win elections in 2016, our country would have been in war with rth Korea. We actually have a relation with rth Korea," Trump added. Furr, speaking about mail-in ballots Trump said, “ biggest risk we have is mail-in ballots because with mail-in ballots it is much easier for a foreign power— wher it is Russia, China, Iran or rth Korea—to forge ballots.” 

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11:35 IST, August 8th 2020