The US president’s vitriolic interview with the media comes amid tightening measures against Chinese tech firms in the ongoing trade war with Beijing as well as…
Hong Kong could «never succeed» under control from Beijing and its markets would «go to hell», US President Donald Trump said in an interview this week. Speaking by phone to the Fox Business channel, Trump said: “Once China got aggressive and took it over, I took everything back. Everything’s back now. And it will fail.» He added that the US would be taking back billions in dollars of «very expensive incentives» given to the special administrative region. The news comes after US-China tensions skyrocketed over the coronavirus pandemic and Hong Kong national security law, with Washington stating it would treat Hong Kong with the same rules as Beijing after revoking the city’s special status.
