Trump ordered CIA operation against China
The social media influencing campaign was intended to foster ‘paranoia’ among top leaders in Beijing, Reuters reported
US President Donald Trump meets China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on November 9, 2017 © AFP / Fred Dufour
Former US President Donald Trump authorized a secret CIA influence campaign aimed at smearing the Chinese government and turning public opinion against its leaders, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing ex-officials with knowledge of the operation.
According to the report, the CIA formed a team of operatives in 2019 who used fake internet identities to spread “negative narratives” about President Xi Jinping’s government and leak “disparaging intelligence” to foreign news outlets.
Among the narratives spread by the CIA on Chines...










