President Trump arrives to speak at the National Republican Congressional Committee's annual spring dinner in Washington April 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The campaign was responding to an article published in Politico Nightly titled "China’s 2024 election play," which reported "geopolitical rivals could end up" helping Trump return to the White House.
"Throughout Trump’s time in office, he talked tough on China, escalating a trade war between the two countries and reportedly launching a CIA campaign to sow distrust of China’s government among its citizens on social media. Ironically, China is now reportedly conducting a similar operation that could help Trump return to office," the report states.
"Covert Chinese social media accounts have recently masqueraded as Trump supporters, sharing pro-MAGA memes and mocking President Joe Biden. Even if the goal is simply to deepen political division in the U.S., the Chinese accounts are helping amplify Trump’s agenda and feeding energy into the MAGA-sphere," the article continued, citing a recent New York Times report.
The Politico article relied on commentary from Rorry Daniels, managing director of the Asia Society Policy Institute, and Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, who previously worked in the White House when Joe Biden served as vice president. The article reported that a "second Trump presidency could create strategic opportunities for China’s expansion plans" and that "Trump’s willingness to be seen as a dealmaker — with little regard for national security concerns — could also be a boon for China."
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"China is very adept at taking up the mantle of global power and leadership in its own way when America pulls back — and Donald Trump would likely be a president that would pull America back from the international system, not invest more into it," Daniels was quoted as saying in the piece published Wednesday evening.
Cheung responded that Politico is "being played by devious Chinese forces" that work to manipulate media outlets and journalists "because they know Trump Derangement Syndrome is a very real disease that distorts all reasoning."
Former President Trump, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, points to supporters at the conclusion of a campaign rally at the Atkinson Country Club Jan. 16, 2024, in Atkinson, N.H. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
"Politico's reporting was riddled with errors and political bias because they clearly suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome. They should consider doing their actual reporting jobs rather than moonlighting as mouthpieces for the CCP," Cheung told Fox Digital Thursday.
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The New York Times ran a similar piece to Politico's Tuesday in its morning newsletter, with the opening line stating, "America’s biggest adversaries evidently want Donald Trump to win the 2024 presidential election." That piece cited "researchers and government officials" who said "covert Chinese accounts" online were posing as American supporters of Trump to promote "conspiracy theories, stoking domestic divisions and attacking President Biden ahead of the election in November."
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the president of the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi Dec. 6, 2023. (Sergei Savostyanov/Pool/AFP )
Fox News Digital reached out to the Times for comment on the Trump campaign's response to the Politico report but did not immediately receive a reply.
Cheung concluded his statement Tuesday that Politico should stop promoting "pro-Chinese talking points."
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"Instead of hawking pro-Chinese talking points, Politico should turn their backs on their puppet masters and report on real news — a Biden presidency means a weaker America and a stronger China. There is only one person who can stop that from happening: Donald J. Trump," Cheung concluded.
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