Trump signs Uyghur human rights bill on same day Bolton alleges he told Xi to proceed with detention

[demmiblue]

Source: CNN

(CNN)President Donald Trump has signed a bill that aims to punish China for its human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim population on the same day his former national security adviser claimed Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping he should proceed in building detainment camps for the group.

A White House spokesman said Trump signed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 on Wednesday.

In an excerpt of his forthcoming book published by The Wall Street Journal, John Bolton wrote Trump discussed the detention camps built by the Chinese government for Uyghurs in western China during a dinner at the G20 last year.

"With only interpreters present, Xi had explained to Trump why he was basically building concentration camps in Xinjiang. According to our interpreter, Trump said that Xi should go ahead with building the camps, which Trump thought was exactly the right thing to do," Bolton writes. "The National Security Council's top Asia staffer, Matthew Pottinger, told me that Trump said something very similar during his November 2017 trip to China."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/politics/trump-uyghur-human-rights-bolton-china/index.html

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[wcmagumba]

1. They knew some of what was coming...

failed preempt attempt by the racist loser in chief...

[Thomas Hurt]

2. He signed it, but has his admin bothered to implement or enforce it...

[Backseat Driver]

3. OK - and did Trump also explain to Xi the classified reasons that the US likewise has

guarded and unguarded but secured/fenced but unoccupied remote facilities with and without structures all over the country purported to be detention centers for "national emergencies." Remember that there is a kernel of truth. insofar as that could be a lie, in every conspiracy theory.

[Steven Maurer]

4. Imagine being so evil that John Bolton is calling you out

Absolutely amazing.