Before getting into the President Biden China connection, we need to review the essential facts of the relationship between President Trump and Russia for the purpose of seeing the parallels – and the distinctions.
Trump and Russia
During President Trump’s administration, much was made of relationships between him, the Trump Organization and Russia – largely due to his past business interests and his inexplicable friendly words for Vladimir Putin. Despite the absence of any evidence, Democrats and their media pals constantly ran stories speculating on an untoward relationship between Trump and Putin. They accused Trump of being an asset for the Russian Federation. There was constant speculation attempting to explain why Trump was not hard on Russia – even though he was much harder on Russia than had been President Obama.
To further their false narrative, Hillary Clinton’s campaign even funded a phony dossier supposedly revealing what Putin had on Trump. That dossier kicked off a two-year investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. After spending more than $35 million dollars, interviewing thousands of witnesses and traveling all over the world, Mueller concluded that neither Trump nor the Trump campaign had criminally colluded with Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign. Total vindication.
Muller did note several instances where Trump MIGHT HAVE obstructed justice – essentially obstructing the Mueller investigation that found Trump innocent of criminal conspiracy. Mueller was not convinced that Trump committed obstruction, or he would have said so. Rather he left that decision up to his bosses in the Department of Justice. They determined Trump had not.
Biden and China
Like Trump, the Biden family had a business relationship with China – but one that was much deeper and more profitable than Trump’s with Russia. It was mostly through the President’s son, Hunter, and brother, James. The multimillion-dollar deals did not pass the smell test. There were huge sums or money paid to the Bidens for dubious work – other than to use their connection to reach then Vice President Biden. They call it influence peddling.
In addition, Hunter and James are currently under investigation for potential multiple violations of the foreign agent laws. Those require Americans representing or lobbying on behalf of a foreign government to register with the State Department. Neither Hunter nor James did so. Hunter is facing tax evasion charges.
The plot thickens after Biden left the Vice Presidency. Was he the “big guy” referred to in various messages revealed on Hunter’s infamous laptop computer? Was he getting 10 percent of the questionable deals?
It has been reported from tax filings and other information that Biden’s net worth rose from $3 million to the current level of $9 million since leaving the Vice Presidency. We know that Hunter was helping the old man out by paying many of Joe’s monthly bills with money Hunter received from China (Russia and Ukraine).
Like Trump and Putin, Biden has not engaged in harsh criticism of China’s President Xi Jinping. Even as China has become more hostile to the United States – and more threatening to Taiwan (with which America has a defense treaty). Biden has not taken any significant action against China’s unfair trade policies … its theft of American intellectual property … its attempts to infiltrate the American banking system … its violating the sanctions placed on Russia by America and other nations over the Ukraine War. There were no ramifications when China sided with Russia in the United Nations.
More recently, the Biden administration is working to pressure House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from carrying through with her planned trip to Taiwan – after President Xi demanded the trip be cancelled. Was Biden compromised into making that call, or was it just an example of his weak nature when it comes to foreign policy?
There is more than enough smoke to suspect a nefarious reason behind Biden’s softness toward China. If the media were to apply a similar standard that they used with Trump, there would be speculation that perhaps China “has something on Biden.” That speculation was heaped onto Trump – arguably with less evidence. Remember, they had to create the phony dossier to make up for the absence of evidence.
I do not know the answer to Biden’s cozy relationship with China. But it is safe to say that the left-leaning media is not applying the same standards of journalistic curiosity in the Biden case. It can be said that the FBI is not exhibiting the same level of zeal in pursuing the information. It may not be sufficient to reach any conclusions of criminality by the Biden family, there definitely is enough to open an investigation. And it is curious why that is not happening. Why it appears that the FBI and the media are not as interested in pursuing this case.
Things might be different if the Republicans take control of the House in the 2022 midterm elections – and the White House in 2024. It would be both sad and ironic if two ex-presidents were to be pursued by criminal probes upon leaving office. But that is a possibility. We live in interesting times.
So, there ‘tis.