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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

‘Bingo’: Biden Says He Is ‘Going To Come’ For Assault Weapons

Former Vice President Joe Biden said Monday he supports a national buyback program for so-called assault weapons, while acknowledging he is “going to come” for those types of firearms if elected president.

“So to gun owners out there who say well, a Biden administration means they’re going to come for my guns,” CNN’s Anderson Cooper said in an interview with Biden.

“Bingo,” the Democrat interjected, “you’re right if you have an assault weapon.”

“The fact of the matter is they should be illegal, period,” continued Biden, who was interviewed about two mass shootings over the weekend that left 31 people dead in El Paso and Dayton.

Biden, who is leading the Democratic presidential field in polling, did not describe what he considers an assault weapon. The term is often misused by proponents of gun control to describe semi-automatic firearms.

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“Look, the Second Amendment doesn’t say you can’t restrict the kinds of weapons people can own. You can’t buy a bazooka. You can’t have a flame thrower. The guys who make these arguments are the people who say, ‘The tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots. We need the protection against the government.”

Biden went on to describe how he would go about rounding up guns if he’s elected president, but stopped short of saying that federal authorities would enter peoples’ homes to as part of a confiscation...

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Chinese State Media: ‘White Nationalism Is Deeply Rooted in Trump’s Mind’

China’s state-run media quickly seized on the obsessions of their American counterparts over the weekend by linking President Donald Trump to “white nationalism” and blaming gun violence on the large supply of firearms and loose gun laws in the United States.

The Chinese Communist Party’s Global Times worked the “white supremacist” angle on Sunday, citing the manifesto left by El Paso, Texas, alleged mass murderer Patrick Crusius:

A hate crime is motivated by prejudice, and the victim is targeted because of their social group or race. Many US states have their hate crime laws. However, the number of hate crimes has increased in the US in recent years. This shows that US social conflicts are rising and the problem of racial discrimination is especially serious. The El Paso shooting has worsened fears of the increasing white supremacist threat in the North American country.
More importantly, although US President Donald Trump called the El Paso shooting a “hateful act” on Twitter, he has not yet recognized the seriousness of the white supremacist problem. What’s worse, white nationalism is deeply rooted in Trump’s mind. This can be seen from his attitude toward immigration, his insistence on building a border wall and his racist tweets. Instead of resolving the problem, he is even inciting white American people’s hatred.

The astute observer will note that China is not exactly eager to take in large numbers of migrants or refugees from beyond its borders. China takes border security very seriously, especially for the parts of its border that occasionally move further away from Beijing, deploys hardcore nationalist political themes on a daily basis, and is not gentle with minority populations or respectful of their beliefs.

One area where Communist China cannot be accused of hypocrisy is its advocacy of stricter gun control. The Global Times declared the U.S. “urgently needs gun control,” although it acknowledged that “if the shooters’ hatred is not eliminated, they can still use other weapons to vent their anger on innocent people.”

China’s state-run Xinhua news service published a lengthy article advocating gun control on Monday, quoting U.S. advocates who claim the “ubiquitousness of guns is the ‘prime problem’ behind gun violence” and calling for “stricter background checks.”

Xinhua found the political future of gun control in America uncertain, even after the weekend shootings:

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Trump Administration Announces Trade Deal With EU, Expanding US Beef Sales In Europe

President Trump on Friday signed a trade deal with EU officials that will increase U.S. beef exports to Europe.

Sales of "great American beef" will increase by 46% in the first year and rise by 90% over the next seven years. The agreement means that duty-free exports to the EU will increase from $150 million to $420 over the next seven years.

"This is a tremendous victory for American farmers, ranchers, and of course, European consumers," Trump said. "The European Union stepped up and we appreciate it."

The head of the German Farmers Association, Joachim Rukwied, said Saturday that the deal will "disadvantage European farmers."

"We are watching this with great concern," Rukwied said. "Opening the market for transatlantic imports of agricultural goods can also not be justified when considering the climate discussion."

Europeans have been concerned about U.S. practices of adding hormones or other chemicals to beef.

At the press conference with EU officials, Trump joked that he would put tariffs on 25% of all Mercedes Benz and BMW vehicles.

"I'm only kidding," Trump said. "They started to get a little bit worried. Thank you."

Trump has initiated multiple trade feuds with the EU, claiming that European subsidies have given Airbus, a France-based airplane manufacturer, an unfair advantage over U.S. planemaker Boeing.

The U.S. has taken the complaint to the World Trade Organization and if the complaint rules in Trump's favor, the U.S. could slap tariffs on all types of EU products, from Scottish Whiskey to...