Fareed: Trump’s internet initiatives starting to look like China’s

CNN's Fareed Zakaria gives his take on the Trump administration's plan to ban almost all Chinese IT products, including the popular video application TikTok, if it stays in Chinese hands.

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    1. @the big dipper again, im not for trump or for biden, but China does, it really does, use technology to destabilize the US in any way it can and this issue being leveraged by political pundits is a bridge too far, regardless of which side does it

    2. @Frank Dux Dangerously aggressive? America is the one making all the threats. Tell me one threat China has made towards the US unprovoked. And no, whatever they do within their country do not count.

    3. @B W yo im not here to convince you that China is not an ally with the US. Sorry guy, you are gonna have to do that research yourself

    1. @Chris Quinn You haven’t caught on to the fact that liberals hate America yet? Are the cities they are burning down not enough to support this fact?

    2. @Mr. Nobody I’m not sure why you think I do not understand liberals? My thoughts and views are conservative most times. I do see the destruction in the democrat run cities and I speak against it when the subject arises. My previous comments are conservative views so I’m confused with your comment.

    3. @Expat “And if Trump cheats, then it must be Tuesday!” –> And if Trump doesn’t cheat/lie/steal, then it must be February 29

  1. These greedy mfers want to own us all enough to set us up to lose a war dragged into against the red “ism”

  2. He want to band chine app first he need to band all chine made product from his hotels his cheap ties his cheap suits and cheap clothes from his shop .

  3. CNN: Trump doesn’t like the Tick-Tock co since the kids Bombed out his last Assembly & Kids purchased a lot of Seat Tickets & Nobody was there
    in that section,
    now that’s funny🤣
    Trump is such a cry baby😭

    1. …. You really typed all that… wtf.. Trump banned tiktok for spying and stealing american information….. why else would he ban that app.. He could care less about kids who can’t vote making some stupid prank

    2. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣As if we wouldn’t know the reason why he wants to ban tick tock! 🍼🍼

    3. @Mr Fruitjuice chasing?? more like saving them from there stupidity….. Stealing information from millions of americans is called spying…. I doubt any president wouldn’t ban an app that is allowing another country to stealing information from there and allow spying on them.

  4. Trump was totally rattled by the Tik Tok Tulsa Rally punking he received, and true to form, he is simply stomping his feet and raging at his own cluelessness.

    1. You do realize that tik Tok is banned in China so is all American apps and Google so stop being an idiot

    2. I had trouble understanding what the comment by david tr meant — the one about zombies…so I’ll just say I agree with you, George Petlowany, and we’ll leave it at that. 😉

    3. @David Alves The app still sends data to the CCP every 3 seconds, data is it NOT permitted to have access to. It’s a SPYING app, plain and simple.

  5. Very well said: The Americans are adopting Chinese model! This is the first step for our country deteriorating into a non-democratic society.

  6. US banning these apps and phones and phone lines sounds good in an American way, but in actuality it is more censorship by the federal govt and less freedom for American people. Fahreed is right.

    1. The apps are SPYING on you, literally every 3 seconds those apps check on what you’re doing and send data back to the Chinese government. The TikTok app looks at your device’s “Clipboard” and sends all that data back to the CCP. That includes your texting information, web browsing history, EVERYTHING you do is sent to a foreign government. It’s NOT censorship to ban those apps, it’s the LAW to stop Espionage.

    2. People are free to say the same things on another platform. Its not censorship. TikTok and other CCP apps are military weapons platforms. They are designed to collect private, sensitive data from all Americans, so that you can be blackmailed into obedience to the CCP.
      Its why we see so many corporations promoting anti-american values and praising China. EG: NBA, Blizzard, hollywood, etc.

  7. ISIS literally planned out attacks on Americans using a Facebook group, but FB is still allowed to operate. We are not talking about losing data… But losing LIVES here, yet nothing happened at all.

    1. Robert, It seems that he was pretty bothered by the outcome of the rally though. It’s pretty obvious that he doesn’t want that to happen again or mess up his possible re-election.

    2. @Aqxuire “it seems that”

      Ya it SEEMS that way to brainless gullible zombies like you because that’s how CNN’s sneaky and selective editing makes it seem. It’s funny how the only people that still talk about that happening ARE CHILDREN Lol. No one else cares.

      …just another 9 year old that plays video games all day and knows nothing about politics or real word current events besides what the television tells you. You clearly only repeat what you hear other people say instead of thinking for yourself, lol.

      You’re just a parrot saying what everyone else is to fit in. Typical know it all that only repeats scripted propaganda

    3. Robert, Hey no need to go ranting like that, we are here to prove points and not offend anyone. No, I knew he was bothered because I watch Inside Edition and I could clearly see him staring at the empty seats with an angry expression. No, I am not 9 years old, I am a legal adult and I only play video games once a week and work online. So what if I don’t know anything, we are here to talk about issues and if im wrong, then i’m wrong but you haven’t said anything that directly proves your point instead of calling people names. I’m not gonna reply anymore because i don’t like to start arguements.

    4. @Aqxuire Don’t get me wrong it was a slick move BUT it accomplished literally nothing besides a laugh for a bunch of kids and teenagers. The blow Trump dropped on Obama/Biden/Hillary a few days ago is how it is done. I don’t truly believe that you “don’t know anything” but if you’re going to piggy back on sometime else’s comment and speak on something with such conviction, especially on this fake reality we call the internet, don’t be surprised if someone throws a few harsh words your way. You must first understand the way the majority of the “popular” media, radio, magazines, social media personalities, celebrities, news anchors etc. that you see and hear your “news” from are ALL bought and paid for, biased script readers that all push the same agenda. TRUMP is the first one that came in and didnt play ball and it has been a smear campaign ever since. Anyone who has been following politics for longer than the last 12 years knows what is happening now is NOT because Trump is “racist” that is ridiculous it is because trump didnt go along with the globalist agenda they worked so hard to put in place ever since Jfk was taken out. And what just happened a few days ago is hard evidence of it 👍

  8. If China were a dictator, well, you need to get out more.

    The real dictator and authoritarian of THE WORLD is USA, its dictatorship is omnipresent infiltrated in every corner of the world!

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