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Politics : The Donald Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (31868)	8/14/2019 7:03:19 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 73856

I hope Trump's people can alert him to what Google is doing in collaborating with China on AI. It is one of the biggest threats this nation faces. I lived and worked in the tech world for decades. AI is huge and will completely transform military forces and technology. China knows this. Whoever masters AI in the use of their military will dominate the wars of the future. That plus hypersonic missiles and speeds will render our US military useless too resist. Trump is doing a great job on the trade war against China, but we need to do a WHOLE COUNTRY approach to China.....military, technology, economic, financial/monetary/currency, political, cultural, propaganda war, immigration restrictions on Chinese students and scientists....I mean everything. There can be no half measures here. China is a Communist Totalitarian Dictatorship that does not believe in the values of Western Civilization. They aim to dominate the globe and overturn everything we stand for. They are currently making great strides towards this objective, while we are mired in a civil culture war with idiotic liberals who care more about transgender rights than about the survival of our country and the freedoms we take for granted. Trump needs to pull together a massive effort to safeguard our AI IP for US interests against China and to hold all US based companies accountable to ensure they do not aid not collaborate with China in any way wrt AI, and get our allies to do the same. The truth is that it may already be too late. Google has probably already shared too much with them. But we have to try. Only Trump could create the urgency to get something done about it quickly. I hope he does something or we're toast.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (31868)	8/17/2019 11:32:03 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 73856

Shit, is Trump going soft here? I hope he doesn't cave to win the election. China will never compromise. They will lie to his face and then do whatever they want. They will lie, steal, and cheat to become the worlds only Superpower. If Trump hasn't figured this out, then we're all f__ed, because the Democrats will never figure that out. Hell, the Democrats and Google think China has a superior governance and economic system than the US, as evidenced by Google helping China with AI, but refusing to help the US with AI. What kind of mad world are we living in right now? ---------- Trump Renews License Allowing US Companies To Do Business With Huawei After unexpectedly conceding to China last week, when Trump announced he would delay imposing the bulk of the 10% tariffs on $300BN in mostly consumer-focused goods from September 1 until mid-December, a move that surprised analysts as it was not based on any concessions from Beijing but was merely a panicked response to the tumbling stock market, late on Friday Trump made another unexpected concession when the Commerce Department announced it would extend a reprieve given to Huawei permitting the Chinese firm to buy supplies from U.S. companies so that it can service existing customers. Back in May, after the US Commerce Dept blacklisted Huawei, it allowed the Chinese telecom giant to purchase some American-made goods in a move aimed at minimizing disruption for its customers, many of which operate networks in rural America. The “temporary general license” will be extended for Huawei for 90 days, according to Reuters, and will renew an agreement set to lapse on August 19, continuing the Chinese company’s ability to maintain existing telecommunications networks and provide software updates to Huawei handsets. Earlier this year, the U.S. government blacklisted Huawei blocking it from buying U.S. goods, and alleging the Chinese company is involved in activities contrary to national security or foreign policy interests; at the time the ban was seen as a major escalation in the trade war between the world’s two top economies. As an example cited by Reuters, the blacklisting order cited a criminal case pending against the company in federal court, over allegations Huawei violated U.S. sanctions against Iran. The United States also says Huawei’s smartphones and network equipment could be used by China to spy on Americans, which allegations the company has vehemently and repeatedly denied. Still, Reuters sources noted that the situation surrounding the license, which has become a key bargaining chip for the United States in its trade negotiations with China, remains fluid and the decision to continue the Huawei reprieve could change ahead of the Monday deadline. Another source said that President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to discuss Huawei in a call this weekend. Despite the last minute reprieve, the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker is still prohibited from buying American parts and components to manufacture new products without additional special licenses. Many Huawei suppliers have requested the special licenses to sell to the firm. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told reporters late last month he had received more than 50 applications, and that he expected to receive more. Curiously, some of the biggest critics of the Huawei ban have been US companies: out of $70 billion that Huawei spent buying components in 2018, over $11 billion went to U.S. firms including Qualcomm, Intel and Micron Technology.