Speaking at the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland, on May 7, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo warned that the pattern of aggressive Chinese behavior in other regions may give important indications to how China will act in the Arctic (, May 8, 2019). ..…
Almost every member of Trump's cabinet has tried to paint Venezuela from Russia and China to Cuba and Iran. Pompeo and Bolton have shown concern for threats to Venezuelan sovereignty due to Chinese investment or Russians taking over in Western Hemisphere.. ..…
“We’ve seen countless situations when Americans adjusted certain facts or events to political orders and their own narrow national beliefs of what happens and how it happens, and how something should be done” — Iran, Russia, China, and other sovereign independent states prime targets for US..…
China also drew criticism from Pompeo, who said, “The Chinese Communist Party has exhibited extreme hostility to all religious faiths since its founding. ... China’s government has made “intense persecution” normal for many religious believers, including Falun Gong..…