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June 18, 2020

Trump Signs Bill Condemning Uyghur Internment Camps That John Bolton Claims He Once Supported
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Former national security adviser John Bolton claims President Trump told
Xi Jinping during a private meeting at last year's G20 in Japan that he
supported China's rationale for building massive concentration camps to
hold Uyghur Muslims. Bolton writes, "According to our interpreter, Trump
said that Xi should go ahead with building the camps, which Trump
thought was exactly the right thing to do."

This report made headlines on Wednesday on the same day President Trump
signed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act that imposes sanctions on
Chinese officials involved in the detention program.


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