BEIJING – In a strongly worded editorial on Monday, China’s official media criticized the rise of Trump in the race to the White House, relying on “abusively racist and extremist” rants, and warned of severe consequences if he is elected the next U.S. president.
“The rise of Trump has opened a Pandora’s box in U.S. society,” says the editorial published by the People’s Daily and the Global Times newspapers, two mouthpieces of the Communist Party of China.
“Instead of pointing fingers at other countries for their so-called nationalism and tyranny, the U.S. had better watch itself from becoming a source of destructive forces against world peace,” it says while underlining Trump’s “narcissist and inflammatory” character.
“His job was basically to act as a clown to attract more voters’ attention to the GOP. However, knocking down most other promising candidates, the clown is now the biggest dark horse,” it added.
It also says the Republican Party is caught between selecting a populist and politically incorrect Trump as its candidate, which would compromise the values of the party, or select someone else, which could lead Trump to run as an independent and split the conservative vote.
“Fist fights among voters who have different political orientations is quite common in developing countries during election seasons. Now, a similar show is shockingly staged in the U.S., which boasts of one of the most developed and mature democratic election systems,” the editorial said referring to violent incidents from last Friday, when Trump’s supporters and rival groups had clashed in Chicago.
“The rise of a racist in the U.S. political arena worries the whole world,” the editorial said, adding that the Western press has already compared Trump to dictators like Mussolini and Hitler, who also came to power after winning elections.
“Most analysts believe the U.S. election system will stop Trump from being president eventually. The process will be scary but not dangerous,” it concludes.
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