Bloomberg: Trump Slams China’s Seizure of U.S. Drone as Unprecedented
* President-elect says China ‘steals’ unmanned vessel from sea
* China’s foreign ministry: Militaries in touch to handle case
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump slammed the Chinese navy’s capture of an American Navy underwater drone in international waters in the South China Sea, just hours after the country signaled it wants to resolve the issue smoothly.
“China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters -- rips it out of water and takes it to China in unprecedented act,” Trump wrote Saturday in a Twitter post. In an earlier tweet, Trump misspelled the word as “unpresidented.”
The tweet was sent hours after the Chinese government said it has been in touch with the U.S. military about the incident.
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Update #1: Trump slams China's seizure of U.S. drone in tweet (Politico)
Update #2: Trump rips China for seizing Navy drone (The Hill)
WNU editor: The Chinese response to the entire incident has been to tell everyone that it is not a big deal .... China, U.S. 'appropriately handling' seizure of drone, China says (Reuters). More here .... U.S., China in Talks Over Seizure of Drone in South China Sea, Officials Say (WSJ). What's my take .... the Chinese military now directly reports to the office of the President .... this operation to the seize the drone had to be approved by President Xi. President-elect Trump has responded quickly to this seizure, interestingly .... this was not brought up at yesterday's press conference with President Obama. In fact .... President Obama's only comment on China was a warning to President-elect Trump to not change U.S. China policy .... Obama says China would not take change in U.S. policy on Taiwan lightly (Reuters).
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They're feeling pretty brave and acting pretty brazen. Oh, they can claim that it was "research" equipment, therefore not that big of a deal, but all in all it's a very very aggressive message.
This is extremely dangerous because following the standard of the international law, it is an "act of war". This drone was a military object taken by an other military force within international water. If we don't react strongly, China will feel free to make other act of war. After 8 years of Obama weakness America looks as strong as Fiji island. That's the weakness of democracy which embolden Hitler in the 30's.
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