Despite Chinese threats Trump condemns Communist tyranny in Hong Kong

People have been hard on Trump for not being more vocal in support of the freedom protestors in Hong Kong.

There are several possible reasons for Trump having been quiet:

• He has secretly told China that he'll be silent so long as they don't use military force to crush the people of Hong Kong as they did at Tiananmen Square
• He feels that winning the economic war that China has been waging against the US for decades is more important in the long run
• He is just putting American interests first

But unlike Obama who was always cool with tyranny overseas unless it was in a country that was helping the US Trump has signed two bills that Congress passed condemning the Chinese policy in Hong Kong and calling for the rights of the people of Hong Kong that China agreed to being respected.

Trump's rhetoric about Xi, the tyrant who runs China, is the same as his rhetoric about Putin; a ploy to develop a friendship with him so that Trump can get him to do what's best for America.  As with Putin Trump's actions show that he's not in fact a big fan of Xi but if stroking the ego of the Chinese tyrant helps achieve America's objective's Trump's more than willing to do so.