Chinese Communist Party Editor Mocks Trump, Then Deletes Tweet and Pens Self-Righteous Article


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Global Times is an organ of the Chinese Communist Party (Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) – The editor-in-chief of a major Chinese Communist Party newspaper posted a mocking tweet Friday about President Trump’s positive coronavirus test result, then deleted it, before publishing an article in his tabloid expressing the “hope that Chinese people restrain themselves when they comment on Trump’s infection.” In the article, Global Times editor Hu Xijin did not mention his own tweet which, although deleted, can still be seen in archived form. It said, “President Trump and the first lady have paid the...