Michael Pompeo
Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage / Bloomberg
Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage / Bloomberg
China imposed sanctions on former Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and other Trump administration officials, even when Joe Biden was being sworn in as president, saying they had made “crazy moves” that damaged US-China ties.
Also on the 28-person sanctioned list were Robert O’Brien, National Security adviser to former President Donald Trump, and his deputy Matt Pottinger, trade advisor Peter Navarro and the United States ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft, according to one statement issued on Wednesday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China during the inauguration of Biden. They and their families will be prohibited from entering China, Hong Kong or Macau, or doing business with China.
The listed officials were instrumental in shaping the Trump administration’s more confrontational stance towards China, which included a series of sanctions and a statement on its last day that the government had committed genocide in the Xinjiang region. Also on the list were former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and former national security adviser John Bolton.
The authorities “planned, promoted and executed a series of crazy moves that seriously interfered in China’s internal affairs, undermined China’s interests, offended the Chinese people and seriously disrupted China-US relations,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. communicated.
Those targeted by China are likely to use sanctions as a symbol of honor. Pompeo, who has protested China in a series of tweets in the past few days, can boast of his tough stance in a future political campaign.