Trump: Hong Kong Would Be ‘Obliterated In 14 Minutes’ If Not For Me
November 22, 2019
US President Donald Trump said Friday he had saved Hong Kong from being destroyed by persuading Chinese President Xi Jinping to hold off on sending in troops to crush its pro-democracy movement.
“If it weren’t for me, Hong Kong would have been obliterated in 14 minutes,” Trump said in a scattershot early morning interview with Fox News.
Trump’s comments come as he mulls signing congressionally-approved legislation in support of the pro-democracy activists — or bow to Beijing’s threats of retaliation if the laws pass.