Right calls Biden a puppet of Xi as he packs his cabinet with China hawks

Right calls Biden a puppet of Xi as he packs his cabinet with China hawks

‘Joe Biden is China’s puppet’ is a well-worn trope weaponized by the American right wing. In the real world, Biden is staffing his cabinet with rabid China war hawks – but since when do echo chambers care about the real world?

Prior to the US election I wrote a couple of articles saying that, if Biden wins, he will be attacked by the right as a Xi Jinping puppet even as he escalates dangerous cold war aggressions with China, in exactly the same way Trump was attacked by Democrats as a Putin puppet even as he escalated dangerous cold war aggressions with Russia. This extremely obvious prediction is, of course, already coming true.

Updated: How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge

How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge

Balding claimed that the document was commissioned by Apple Daily, a Hong Kong-based tabloid that is frequently critical of the Chinese government. Apple Daily did not respond to a request for comment.

Jimmy Lai weighed in: Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai ‘unknowingly funded’ false persona report discrediting Joe Biden

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