The Trump campaign on Wednesday said “Politico carries water for the Chinese Communist Party” and accused the outlet of spewing “lies and falsehoods to interfere” in this year’s election.
Campaign spokesman Steven Cheung, in a press release, chastised Politico for what he described as “harebrained” reporting on China’s alleged preference for a Donald Trump return to the White House.
Cheung’s statement, aimed directly at Politico’s Nightly newsletter, which is penned by Catherine Kim, ridiculed the notion that China would favor the former president.
Trump, Cheung wrote, is the same president “who made China submit to pro-America trade and tariff regulations, called them out for exporting the Coronavirus that killed millions across the world, and stood tough against Chinese economic aggression throughout his first term.”
Cheung went further, attacking the…