Trump’s Tweets Turn to China From Russia as Trade War Escalates
- About 600 tweets related to Russia since inauguration
- China, trade tweets outpaced Russia in May as deal collapsed
Photographer: Mario Proenca/Bloomberg
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Donald Trump is aiming his tweets away from his favorite target -- the Mueller probe -- and toward his latest fixation: pressuring China on trade.
As tensions with Beijing have escalated, presidential tweets about China and trade have begun to outnumber those about Russia, Special Counsel Robert Mueller and what Trump calls the “witch hunt,” according to an analysis using the Trump Twitter Archive.