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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 02:13 PM Dec 2016

China Warns Trump With Nuclear Fly-By

Source: The Daily Beast

Chinese officials warned Monday that relations with the U.S. may fall apart if President-elect Donald Trump does not respect China’s “core interests” going forward. The comments were made in response to Trump’s now-infamous phone call with Taiwan’s president. “I want to stress that the Taiwan issue concerns China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and involves China’s core interests,” foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said during a news briefing. “Upholding the ‘One China’ principle is the political basis for developing China-U.S. ties. If this basis is interfered with or damaged, then the healthy development of China-U.S. relations and bilateral cooperation in important areas is out of the question.” The warning comes hours after reports emerged indicating China flew a nuclear-capable bomber over a disputed part of the South China Sea, in a move U.S. officials say was meant to send a message to Trump. The Xian H-6 bomber, at times accompanied by fighter jets, flew along the demarcation line between China and disputed territories, including Taiwan, Fox News reported, citing U.S. officials. Pentagon officials reportedly found out about the nuclear bomber’s flight Friday, though it was not immediately clear when the flight took place. Officials have warned the flight was the first of its kind in more than 18 months.

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Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
4. Trying to figure what places on earth will be furthest away from the nuclear fallout...
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 02:26 PM
Dec 2016

Sadly, with Comrade Trumpski in charge, it won't be in the USA....

Yavin4

(35,438 posts)
7. Nah. Best to be clost to the blast area.
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 02:30 PM
Dec 2016

"The Walking Dead" has shown us that you really don't want to survive an apocalyptic event.

nolabels

(13,133 posts)
17. The less milliseconds you spend dying the better the living will have seemed
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 04:59 AM
Dec 2016

or least that is what you hear from those afraid to live already

Or was it the line: Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer

No matter, i have lived twenty-eight years longer than i thought i was going to so everything seems like free-gratis to me anyway

Yavin4

(35,438 posts)
6. Look on the bright side...
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 02:28 PM
Dec 2016

You can completely throw out any New Year's resolutions that you made for 2017! Smoke and drink till your heart falls out.

 
2. I'm satisfied though
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 02:20 PM
Dec 2016

Keep raising his stress levels until he implodes like a gas giant. Hopefully it results in a neutron star and not a supernova and subsequent super-massive black hole.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
3. I fully believe that in addition to completing the goals of Russia and removing sanctions & NATO
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 02:24 PM
Dec 2016

...being destabilized along with other actions that are Russia friendly and the benefits for the oil industry, that Comrade Trumpski will make sure he starts a monetary currency war with China in addition to an act of war that leads to nuclear confrontation with the Chinese and likely Iran and other parts of Middle East (Saudi Arabia being spared)...

This is the big war coming....

I hope I am wrong - but with this sociopath scheduled soon to be commanding our military and having the nuclear arsenal at his finger...


bdamomma

(63,846 posts)
12. that man should not be president
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 02:49 PM
Dec 2016

how can a person mess around with China.

yea, those who voted for trump you wanted an outsider someone who doesn't know the fuck he is doing?

He is not fit to be president you can forget about him disclosing his fucking tax returns. How about an intensive mental health assessment.

God this is horrible.

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