The former president said during a rare appearance to Fox News on Fox News yesterday morning that the Democrats are using “wake up” tactics to achieve their policy goals.
‘To cause the Green New Deal nonsense, they destroy it awake – when China wakes up, they see the biggest problem we have is dr. Seuss.
“Meanwhile, they are building factories and trying to kill us in so many different ways,” he said. Trump said without citing any evidence or citing examples.
‘Honestly, they think our country is stupid when they look at us, when our competitors look at what’s going on in our country.
‘To take down the statues for great heroes and so many other things. I do not do it because I want to do what is right and that they are destroying our country, ‘he added, apparently referring to the removal last summer of several statues of members of the Confederacy and historical figures with slavery.
Trump’s comments come a few weeks after Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the company that manages Theodor Seuss Geisel’s estate, announced that six of his books, written under the name Dr Seuss, had been withdrawn from publication because of their use “offensive and wrong”. images.
The decision to pull the books drew criticism from conservative commentators and prominent Republican politicians, as Texas Senator Ted Cruz suggested without proof that it was the fault of President Joe Biden, and the leader of the House minority , Kevin McCarthy, has released a bizarre five-minute video of himself. read Green eggs and ham.
Fox News also commented on several occasions on the decision by linking the move to what host Gillian Turner described as “canceling culture”, before claiming last week: “From Dr Seuss to the Muppets and broadcasters losing their jobs because they shared their opinions on TV. ”
Democratic politicians have not worried about the books being taken out of publication since the announcement, as Biden’s government is focusing on implementing its first policy.
Mr. Trump’s comments about China come after a year in which the former president used anti-China rhetoric and racist insults while talking about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Along with other Republicans, he repeatedly referred to Covid-19 as’ kung flu ‘or’ Wuhan flu ‘during the pandemic, which criticized him for accusing the virus in a single country and group of people, leading to’ an increase in hate crimes.
Since March 2020, nearly 3,800 incidents have been reported at Stop AAPI Hate, a reporting center for California and Asian Americans in California, with 68 percent of the incidents against Asian women.
The United Nations also expects a significant increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans in the United States over the past twelve months, with the anti-China rhetoric of Mr. Trump and other Republicans blamed by many experts.