NEW YORK: Former US defence secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday anti-government protests in Hong Kong were"not an internal" Chinese matter and that the United States should offer at least moral support to the demonstrators.
Trump has previously described the protests as riots, but has also called on China to end the discord in a"humanitarian" way. He said a crackdown could make his efforts to end a damaging trade war with China"very hard." Protesters marched outside the US consulate in Hong Kong over the weekend, urging Trump to help"liberate" the city. Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds."We have to be careful: We don't want to say we're going to land the 82nd Airborne Division in Hong Kong to do this," he said."But morally? Yeah, I think we have to stand with them."
Mattis also said he was surprised by the news last weekend that Trump had invited Afghanistan's Taliban leaders for peace talks in the United States. Trump said he cancelled the talks after the insurgent group claimed responsibility for an attack in Kabul that killed an American soldier and 11 other people.
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