Trump’s ex security advisor says ‘China is prepping for war’ as ‘UK blind to it’

Former US President Donald Trump's ex-national security advisor has claimed that China is “preparing for war”and the UK is 'blind' to it.

John Bolton, 74, served as the United States' 26th National Security Advisor under Trump from 2018 to 2019. He has been vocal in his condemnation of China in recent years, and has hit out at the UK for not doing so.

Writing for the Telegraph, he claims that China is on the verge of war with the US, with the UK seemingly blind to it and the impact it could have on the country. He also slammed officials for not standing up to China.

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He said, after quoting current US President Joe Biden's Air Force secretary Frank Kendall, who said that China is preparing for war: “It has been surprising to see the UK choking on characterising Beijing as a 'threat', clinging to the soothing-but-poisonous term competitor'. Most surprising has been the bended-knee approach of many parliamentarians following the arrest of an alleged Chinese spy.

“We often hear from Beijing's Western defenders that China has something we need for priorities like climate change, but these are frequently the worried arguments of business executives who have invested too heavily in China, or whose supply networks have become too dependent on the country, and who for years didn't understand that the Soviet Union's collapse did not mean 'the end of history"' and the disappearance of international political risk.

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“If the US and Canada are targets, does anyone seriously believe the UK is not?”

He went on to claim that China was a “threat” to society as a whole, and that “blindness” among political leadership is dangerous for the entire world.

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Earlier this month, it was revealed that China had an alleged spy in working in the UK Parliament, but the only response from the UK was to have conversations at a meeting of world leaders a few weeks later. Bolton added: “It is the Government's duty to protect its citizens by warning them of foreign dangers that individuals, businesses and private associations are simply unable to detect.”

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