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Claustrum

(4,846 posts)
1. The scary thing is, I heard on a public popular radio news in Hong Kong two days ago
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:29 PM
Oct 2020

and they spent 5 lines in their top of the hour news (about a 2-3 min segment) talking about what Bannon said on the Hunter story. It's not some kind of indy radio station but one of the 3 top radio stations in HK. No wonder polling in HK favors Trump over Biden. One of the 2 places in Asia that prefers Trump (the other is Taiwan) according to a yougov poll.

Claustrum

(4,846 posts)
7. Yes. And there is a huge rumor that Bannon's linked Chinese billionaire pumped money into the
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:41 PM
Oct 2020

protest in HK last year (with US backed money). So a lot of those pro-protest people took the side of Trump. Same as Taiwan that US is selling them weapons to fight off China, so they have a positive view on Trump.

But I found it exceptional irritating when I heard that news there when all Bannon's words are (at best) rumors. But they reported it as news.

58Sunliner

(4,398 posts)
10. Not sure what the end game is-besides disruption.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 06:21 PM
Oct 2020

"Guo, who fell out with China’s ruling Community Party, fled to the U.S. in 2014 after being accused of corruption, bribery, kidnapping, rape and other charges. On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that federal and state authorities were probing a business Bannon launched with Wengui this spring called GTV Media Group." Not only did they have a media group, but they also were supposed to form 2 charities, one is "an anti-Communist Party charity launched in 2018 by Bannon and Guo." Bannon, according to sources, is an opportunist. The media group was supposedly funded by 300 million of private equity, and those accts were frozen. Money laundering? Who knows.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/steve-bannon-guo-wengui/2020/09/13/8b43cd06-e964-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
2. The only "gathering storm"...
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:31 PM
Oct 2020

is in TrumpCo's legal department. After he loses and transfers power on January 20, 2021 the new Justice Department should pull Trump's, and every family members', passports to keep them from fleeing the country. Trump and his family (and that includes Bannon) are in deep shit legally, and they will flee the country rather than face their crimes. Trump has already hinted that he would, and no one should doubt that.

Claustrum

(4,846 posts)
9. Shouldn't be. Last I heard, the Chinese billionaire was involved in a law suit for loan evasion
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:44 PM
Oct 2020

and the yacht and a NY real estate was taken as collateral.

58Sunliner

(4,398 posts)
4. Well that is what he looks like when he lies. Not a lot of enthusiasm.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:33 PM
Oct 2020

Maybe Alex Jones could give him a few pointers. POS.

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