Former US National Security Advisor Says President Xi Jinping Is Preparing The Chinese People For War

Former Trump administration National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster says China's president is serious about his threats involving Taiwan: "Xi Jinping is preparing the Chinese people for war." pic.twitter.com/6wfOuhtG9x

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Business Insider: Xi Jinping is 'preparing the Chinese people for war,' Trump-era national security advisor says 

* Retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster on Monday said Xi Jinping was preparing China for war. 

* McMaster said Xi had been increasingly signaling aggression in his speeches about Taiwan. 

* He urged the US to bolster its military presence to try to deter China from moving against Taiwan. 

H.R. McMaster, the former US national security advisor, said on Monday that he believed China's leader, Xi Jinping, was "preparing the Chinese people for war." 

Speaking on CBS' "Face The Nation," hosted by Margaret Brennan, McMaster said the US should take care "not to fall into the same traps we did with Vladimir Putin" when it came to the threat of conflict with China over Taiwan. 

He and several pundits, including Michèle Flournoy, the former undersecretary of defense for policy, were on the show discussing US foreign policy on various fronts, such as dealing with Iran, the war in Ukraine, and China.  

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Update: China Is Preparing for War, Retired General Warns (Newsweek)  

WNU Editor: One can also make the argument that the U.S. political and media establishment is preparing the American people for war.