And accompanied by months of denial and coverup by the Chinese Communist government. As of this hour, neither the white house, nor the Statement Department will reveal the agenda of those talks, nor exactly who is attending the meeting. This kind of secrecy is outside American Government tradition. That is, transparency and forthrightness in u. S. Foreign policy. The meeting is more in line with totalitarian states like china that dont recognize the right of the public to know what their government is doing. The Chinese Government wont acknowledge that a meeting is even being held, let alone what is under discussion. But the meeting comes at a time of heightened hostility between the United States and china. Brought on by beijings coverup and their dispatch of the deadly china virus pandemic, their aggressive military posture in the South China Sea, their recent takeover of hong kong and, of course, that aggressive Disinformation Campaign against the United States. One of this countrys
Chinese communist government. As of this hour, neither the white house, nor the Statement Department will reveal the agenda of those talks, nor exactly who is attending the meeting. This kind of secrecy is outside American Government tradition. That is, transparency and forthrightness in u. S. Foreign policy. The meeting is more in line with totalitarian states like china that dont recognize the right of the public to know what their government is doing. The Chinese Government wont acknowledge that a meeting is even being held, let alone what is under discussion. But the meeting comes at a time of heightened hostility between the United States and china. Brought on by beijings coverup and their dispatch of the deadly china virus pandemic, their aggressive military posture in the South China Sea, their recent takeover of hong kong and, of course, that aggressive Disinformation Campaign against the United States. One of this countrys leading china experts is dr. Michael pillsbury. He joi
They are out of session for the entire month of june. The Democratic House of in town. It is critical to fighting the war against terrorists. The. Its most important funding the military. It is a piece of legislation the senate will process during the upcoming weeks in a month of june in fact it would probably take a good week to move across the floor of the senate. Theres nothing more important or critical to the National Security of the United States. We are passing a major parks built that will help fund the backlog and a model for National Parks for Many Democrats here in the chamber for a long time. Those that are cosponsoring a piece of legislation that would be called up later this weekend before next week something thats been around for a while as a legislative accomplishment that will w be a bipartisan accomplishment when it passes. So, i would just say that the fact that we are not doing the things he wants to do doesnt mean the senate isnt very busy. And the thing he wants t
Going to session lows area traders have been looking past the escalating tensions to signs of the pandemic recovery. Hong kong is bracing for what the biggest protest in months as the City Government meets to discuss criminalizing disrespect for chinas National Anthem. Shery looking at markets trading at the moment, u. S. Futures are down. 1 as the s p 500 and the rest of the broader markets are in the green. Still fading in late trading sessions. The s p 500 going back below the 3000 level. It had stayed up but bloomberg reported the u. S. Is mulling sanctions on u. S. Officials and firms over Hong Kong Chinese officials and firms over hong kong. We got chipmakers exposed to china tumbling at the end of the session. The usual laggards led the gains today which was an interesting rotation when it comes to the markets. We had data, Consumer Confidence was stabilizing in may. Looking at a mixed session in asia as we get these conflicting signals like concerns over the u. S. China relatio
For days before Derek Chauvin was charged with the murder of george floyd. Three other officers on the scene charged as well with aiding and abetting chauvin in floyds death, and there is no doubt the first days of those demonstrations in minneapolis were critical in the effort to force minneapolis leftwing City Government to force the mayor to force the police chief and then the prosecutor to finally act. The demonstrations in dozens of other cities around the country were organized and orchestrated by the national left, antifa, black lives matter, and they ranged for two weeks. Raged for two weeks. And we will likely always remember the tragedy of George Floyds death, but we will also remember vividly the senseless violence that followed led by the left and sanctioned by the radical dems. And we will never forget the spectacle of those demonstrate theres who demanded fellow demonstrators who demanded fellow americans kneel before them. Mayor Eric Garcetti kneeling as a hostage of the