Trump calls Biden 'national security threat' over report detailing ties with China

US President Donald Trump took to Twitter on October 17, where he called his opponent Joe Biden a "national security threat". Trump, while retweeting a post about how Twitter is trying to block a Fox News story detailing Joe Biden's business ties in communist China, wrote that the former vice-president is a national security threat. Trump has often accused the Democratic Party presidential candidate of being a stooge of China. 

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The Republican leader on Saturday, during a reelection rally in Michigan, slammed Biden for allegedly working for Beijing and said that if the former Delaware Senator wins "China will own America" accusing the Democratic nominee of receiving a fortune from the Communist State. Trump further praised the policy-making decisions of his own administration saying that he took some of the "toughest-ever" action against China, referring to the tariffs put on by Washington on Chinese products that sparked a trade war between the two nations. 

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Trump, who is looking to secure a second term in the forthcoming presidential election, has based his election campaign around Biden and his family, often accusing his sons of misusing Biden's position as vice-president from 2009 to 2016 to gain personal wealth. Meanwhile, Biden is trying to keep his campaign focused on issues like the COVID-19 pandemic, racial inequalities, healthcare, all of which have gained a lot of traction in the past couple of months. 

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American citizens will cast their final ballots on November 3, however, the result may not come out on the same day because of the unprecedented use of mail-in voting this year due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Electoral College will cast its vote on December 14 and the Congress will count them on January 6. Whichever candidate receives a majority will be inaugurated as president on January 20. 

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