Michael Pompeo
Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage / Bloomberg
Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage / Bloomberg
China imposed sanctions on former Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and other Trump administration officials even when Joe Biden was inaugurated as president, saying they had made “crazy moves” that linked the US and China. harmed.
Also on the list of 28 sanctioned people were Robert O’Brien, former President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, and his deputy Matt Pottinger, trade adviser Peter Navarro and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft, according to a report. statement issued by China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday when Biden’s inauguration took place. They and their families will be banned from entering China, Hong Kong or Macau, or doing business with China.
The said officials were instrumental in shaping the Trump administration’s more confrontational stance on China, including a series of sanctions and a statement, on the last day, that the administration committed genocide in the Xinjiang region. Also on the list were former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and former National Security Adviser John Bolton.
The officials “planned, promoted and carried out a series of insane actions that seriously interfered with China’s internal affairs, undermined China’s interests, insulted the Chinese people and severely disrupted China-US relations,” the State Department said. Business in a statement.
Those targeted by China likely bear the sanctions as a badge of honor. Pompeo, who has been ranting against China in a series of tweets in recent days, can boast of his tough stance in a future political campaign.