The Mar-a-Lago raid undermines the United States’ credibility in international politics and can be exploited by China, according to Bradley A. Thayer, the director of China policy at the Center for Security Policy and co-author of the book “Understanding the China Threat.”
He called the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home a violation of American political culture and principles, saying that such a move “is welcomed by our adversaries, and which is certainly a negative event for our allies and for the credibility of the United States.”
“Events that weaken American domestic political stability have a negative consequence, a negative result for our allies,” Thayer said in an interview with NTD, The Epoch Times’ sister media outlet. “Likewise, our enemies, those countries that wish us ill, would seek to destroy the United States, supplant [it] from its dominant position in international politics, and attack our allies like Japan or partners like Taiwan, are emboldened by this.”…