Donald Trump: We Can’t Keep Allowing ‘China To Rape Our Country’

NEW YORK CITY - APRIL 26, 2016 - Candidate Donald Trump addresses media & supporters after Super Tuesday win. Front runner for the Republican presidential nomination Donald Trump gave a speech at Trump Tower in Midto... NEW YORK CITY - APRIL 26, 2016 - Candidate Donald Trump addresses media & supporters after Super Tuesday win. Front runner for the Republican presidential nomination Donald Trump gave a speech at Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan to mark his victory in all five primary races, after which he answered questions from the press. (Photo by Andy Katz/ Pacific Press) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** MORE LESS
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During a Sunday rally in Indiana, Donald Trump railed against the United States’ trade deficit with China, charging that China has committed “rape” against the U.S.

“We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country, and that’s what they’re doing,” Trump said in Fort Wayne, Indiana. “It’s the greatest theft in the history of the world.”

Trump told the audience that the U.S. is “like the piggybank that’s being robbed” by China, according to Politico.

The Republican presidential candidate then made it clear that he doesn’t hate China but that he disapproves of the U.S. trade policy with the country.

“I mean, China’s great. No problem. I’m not angry with China,” he continued. “And I’m not angry at Japan. And I’m not angry at Mexico. I’m not angry at anybody,” Trump said, according to Politico. “I’m angry at our leaders, because they are grossly incompetent and they shouldn’t have ever been elected to do this job. Terrible.”

Trump’s comments come on the heels of criticism from his opponents over remarks touting his endorsement from Mike Tyson, who was convicted of rape in Indiana.

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  1. Avatar for sjk sjk says:

    Yet, he and his family contribute to the rape by having their crappy stuff made there. Ivanka can you hear me?

  2. I’m confused. Is THIS the “I’ll be so presidential you’ll get bored” segment of the campaign? But maybe that imbecile Halperin can spin it into more evidence that trump wins California.

  3. “I’m not angry at anybody,” …“I’m angry at our leaders”

    What a dumbass

  4. Republicans are obsessed with rape and having things shoved down their throats. You’d think they’d spent time in prison.

  5. “We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country, and that’s what they’re doing,” Trump said in Fort Wayne, Indiana. "It’s the greatest theft in the history of the world…
    “I mean, China’s great. No problem. I’m not angry with China,” he continued.

    John Judis will assure that what he really means here is that there won’t be any trade war with China. Sound economic sense hidden behind a little bluster.

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