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‘I assumed they did it for free’: China allegedly paid US journalists for negative Trump press

2026-07-17 News & Politics
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​Centre of the American Experiment President John Hinderaker says US President Donald Trump claims China paid US journalists to write “negative articles” on him. ​“I always assumed that they did it for free,” Mr Hinderaker told Sky News host Rowan Dean. ​“If there are actually documents that show the Chinese Communists paying specific named American journalists to write adversely to Trump, that would be wonderful to see.”

Top Comments (10)

@papasmurf789 2026-07-17

We've been knowing this for years, finally it's mainstream 😂

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@SusanWebster-Page 2026-07-17

Delete your cookies, China doesn't need our voter rolls to track and influence you, Google just sells them your personal data 😢

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@mongo64071 2026-07-17

And yet we continue to trade with China and give them the money needed to hurt us. It’s an insane hamster wheel. Like a drug addict who knows they’re killing themselves, but has no way to stop.

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@andyhughes1776 2026-07-17

So the stereotype of a shrewd Chinese spy covertly attacking America portrayed on film such as the old Hawaii Five-O TV show (Wofat) is absolutely true!

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@HelpDesk-on7yo 2026-07-18

Tru that. Publish the "journalist" list, charge with Sedition and let them make up fake-news for the prison newspaper. Gov't employees or contractors who took the Oath of Office should be charged with Treason and get a firing squad. Drawn and quartered better yet some may consider that inhumane.

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@8PurpleSquirrels 2026-07-17

“The only lives that truly matter are those who respect the lives of others.”

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@Sequoia690 2026-07-18

The CCP should be registered as terrorist organisation!

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@mojokuku2745 2026-07-17

Boxes of hundreds of blank ballots showing up at residential addresses is a problem and screams voter fraud. Once an ID is tied to a ballot for it to be valid that scheme would immediately end.

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@ILDG86 2026-07-17

The American political system is so pathetic 😅

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@samplays4421 2026-07-17

Dont forget about the incredibly high number of pregnant women they send here to have theirl babies= citizenship granted. Then they go home and send more, and more. The government knows this and has proved its happening and will affect our elections.... They are playing the long game of chess along with our democrats. Look at the recent evidencpgotos, testimonies published on the democrat party, who have been sending volunteers to bars etc ... and registering non-citizens to vote during FIFA.

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