21 October 2020

Hypocritical Projection

Yesterday, the New York Times broke a startling story (link here) about Donald Trump's previously unreported business and bank dealings in China.

Some major revelations in the article include:

— Trump pays the Chinese government more in taxes than he pays the US government.

— Trump holds at least one previously undisclosed bank account in China that was not reported to the US government as required by law.

This is in addition to media revelations earlier in the year about how Trump owes more than $60 million to a Chinese bank owned by the Chinese government (details here).

Trump has tried to claim that, if elected, Joe Biden would be soft on China. But Biden has no business dealings with China, pays no taxes to China, no bank accounts there, and no loans owned to the Chinese government, unlike Trump.

And let's not forget that Trump has repeatedly praised the Chinese government for their handling of the Covid outbreak (details here) and has also praised China's dictatorial president for extending his term in office "for life" (details here).

Once again, Trump has criticized an electoral opponent for something that's actually Trump's own weakness — a classic example of hypocritical projection.

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