China’s permission to host next year’s Winter Olympics would give Beijing a credible boost, similar to that enjoyed by Nazi Germany after the Berlin Summer Games in 1936, former Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo said. Told America Reports on Thursday.
“We know the history and those of us who worked with our friends in Israel and worked on anti-Semitism talked about it never happening again what happened in the 1930s …” Pompeo told host John Roberts said.
“Well, what happened in the thirties is happening today in western China. There are creepy, creepy similarities between the two, and the hosting of the Olympics – as the Germans were able to do in 1936 – gave the government a lot of credibility, “Pompeo added,” We should not allow that to happen. The International Olympic Committee has the responsibility to ensure that the host for these games deserves it. This regime certainly does not. “
As for his successors, Pompeo said the government in Biden had given him “hope for optimism” with their early actions towards China.
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“They took good action against their senior leaders in relation to Hong Kong on Monday,” he said. “These meetings in Anchorage, we should have those conversations, but no one should make mistakes with conversations for deeds. No one should mistake words as deeds.
‘What we need to see the administration do is what we do [the Trump administration] Pompeo continued. “If they violate basic trade standards, we have to pay their costs. President Trump has imposed tariffs on Chinese products. When they steal our secrets, we kick them out of the consulate in Houston when they were spying there. You need real deeds, actual action, so it’s the only thing Xi Jinping can possibly understand.
“This is what we need to do to secure American freedom and protect hard-working people across our country. China poses the greatest existential threat to our country, and we need an administration – I think the American people will demand an administration – – which pushes back against it and protects us all. ‘
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The former foreign minister also described an ongoing rift between the US and Russia over Biden’s description of Putin as a ‘killer’ as ‘childish’.
“What is important for the United States of America is the preservation of our freedom and security. They must put America first, and we have done this with regard to Russia. We have tried to stop them from building a pipeline that will leave Europe “We have provided assistance to the Ukrainians, defensive weapons systems, so that they can protect themselves against Russia … I want to return to this central idea. If you put America first and support your language with right deeds and not just mention rhetoric and with names, it is very likely that you will be successful. ‘
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However, it appears that Pompeo agrees with the president’s description of his Russian counterpart.
“He worked for the KGB for an awful long time, and we saw what he did to Mr. [Alexei] Navalny. The intelligence community made it pretty clear that they knew it was a Russian operation that was intended to kill Mr. Navalny to kill. I think the facts speak for themselves. ‘