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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo worries! Everyone is calm and safe!
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Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
Our Intelligence has informed us that the Chinese Government is moving troops to the Border with Hong Kong. Everyone should be calm and safe!
matt819
(10,749 posts)I can understand the Chinese government response, but the risks have just gone up exponentially.
edhopper
(33,575 posts)I will not do anything while the Chinese trample the HK protesters.
enough
(13,256 posts)I guess he really does think he rules the world.
Putin will put him in his place.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)mahina
(17,646 posts)Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)No satire--it's a real tweet of his.
Raven
(13,889 posts)LeftinOH
(5,354 posts)which is on the mainland - that's where the border between Hong Kong S.A.R. meets the PRC. It's doubtful that he is aware of this detail, in any case.
I was going to post that, too.
I went to Hong Kong in the early 1980s. A one-way first class ticket (mainland to island or vice versa) on the Star Ferry was astonishingly cheap (I seem to remember a mere 5 HK cents). It probably has changed a heck of a lot in the last 40 years.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I don't think this one will age well.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)dalton99a
(81,455 posts)bdamomma
(63,840 posts)what a stupid ass.
UTUSN
(70,684 posts)albacore
(2,398 posts)CatWoman
(79,296 posts)you beat me to it
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,425 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)China just denied a request from one of our warships to dock in Hong Kong harbor.... cant imagine why.....
Hekate
(90,658 posts)That is all.