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“Britain is ‘Servant of Communist China?'

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Wyllow3 Sun 04-May-25 10:58:07

“Britain is ‘servant of communist china” says Trump aide Navarro claims. He warns the UK and china against taking doos from china previously designated for the USA. Well, we cont want their plastic tat, but cheaper computers and. Phones?

But Navarro (he is the tariff mister) goes further

“Let’s fact it, the UK has been an all too compliant servant of the Chinese communist party because of the string laden gifts that china gives out”. (?)

The US also fears the UK having closer ties with the EU and warning us if we do.

Well - I’m sorry, Navarro, its been UK policy for some time to have better trading relationships with Europe, and its been US tariff policy thats bringing those trade ties closer!

mae13 Mon 05-May-25 03:40:17

Wyllow3

Now there's a thought 😂😂😂

thankfully, its now looking like the past bessie friend Musk has shut up telling us who we are and what we should do.

Well, Mr Musk is currently having to deal with watching his Tesla empire taking a severe dent due to his association with Mr Trump. Ditto X, formerly known as Twitter.

Looks like Musk's star is waning. And his billions.

I wonder if he heard the saying "be nice to people on the way up because you might meet the same one's on the way down......"

M0nica Mon 05-May-25 07:35:41

I think many people have been warning about the dangers of China for at least a decade - at the same time as they keep buying goods made in China because they are the cheapest on the market.

Now we have no alternative to buying Chinese because manufacturing in other countries has been destroyed, which was always Chinese intent.

Freya5 Mon 05-May-25 07:47:35

Chocolatelovinggran

Golly, that's confusing. Only a couple if weeks ago, Mr Trump's other BFF, Mr Vance, explained that the UK was becoming an Islamic state.
Perhaps we can be both.

God forbid.

lafergar Mon 05-May-25 07:51:55

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Islamist residents with their medieval ideas and Chinese goods in stores with market influence.
Yes.
We can have both it seems. 🤷‍♀️

Is it me or is this sort of nonsense just getting worse and worse?

Freya5 Mon 05-May-25 08:04:41

lafergar

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Islamist residents with their medieval ideas and Chinese goods in stores with market influence.
Yes.
We can have both it seems. 🤷‍♀️

Is it me or is this sort of nonsense just getting worse and worse?

Perhaps you should look around you a little wider, see what others see. Not just reply on the Guardian and the beeb for news.

Casdon Mon 05-May-25 08:05:13

M0nica

I think many people have been warning about the dangers of China for at least a decade - at the same time as they keep buying goods made in China because they are the cheapest on the market.

Now we have no alternative to buying Chinese because manufacturing in other countries has been destroyed, which was always Chinese intent.

Other than electronics, actually virtually everything can be purchased UK or European made -I’m on a mission to do that. The only downsides are the time it takes to track down what you want, and the fact that some things (not all) are more expensive - on the plus side though, they are generally better made.

Grantanow Mon 05-May-25 08:37:15

Quite barmy.