Mike Pompeo calls China a much bigger threat to the US than Russia
China is a much bigger threat to the United States than Russia, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. |
"Russia is behaving aggressively. They're trying to interfere in our elections. Russia under Vladimir Putin remains a bully. We have to fight and stop them, wherever we can," Pompeo told Fox News in response to the question - who threatens the US more - Russia or China.
Moscow has repeatedly denied US accusations of interfering in US elections.
“But if you look at the long-term threat to the American way of life, the risk to America's continued economic growth, China is a much bigger threat to the United States,” the secretary of state added.