The former NBA player, Enes Kanter Freedom, warned the United States on Wednesday after China promised to “fight to the end” against President Donald Trump’s prices.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry published a statement on Tuesday, saying that it was ready for any “type” war with the United States, it pushed against the prices taken from the Chinese government that Trump went from 10% to 20% earlier this week for Beijing’s failure to approach the fentanyl flow in the United States
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Boston Celtics Center Enes Kanter, n ° 13, made gestures while reacting to an official call against the Raptors of Toronto in the second period in Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on November 28, 2021. (Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY SPORTS)
Kanter Freedom, who has been frank in recent years against the Chinese government, has sounded the alarm of the threat in a post on X.
“No embassy issues this type of declaration without the approval of the capital,” he wrote. “Wake up America.”
Kanter Freedom was one of the only NBA players to denounce Chinese President Xi Jinping and the detention camps holding Uighur Muslims. He also criticized the NBA to have a partnership with the NBA while the atrocities occurred.
“If the war is what the United States wants, whether it is a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we are ready to fight until the end,” said the spokesman for the Lin Jian ministry in the press release. China has already responded to the prices by imposing a rate of 15% on American agricultural goods.
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The shoes of the Boston Celtics Center Enes Kanter Freedom, # 13, before playing Chicago Bulls at TD Garden in Boston on November 1, 2021. (Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY SPORTS)
Jian’s statement, quoted by the Chinese Embassy in Washington, argued that the question of fentanyl is a “fragile excuse” to raise prices on Chinese imports. Jian warned that “intimidation does not scare us” and that “intimidation” would not work.
“Pressure, coercion or threats are not the right way to deal with China,” said Jian. “Anyone who uses maximum pressure on China picks the bad guy and puts it badly calculated.”
President Donald Trump will impose prices of 20% on Chinese imports, citing the current fentanyl crisis as well as the decision. (APTO Photo / Evan VUCCI / ISTOCK)
The prices against China entered into force on Tuesday. Trump increased the prices on Monday with an executive decree which indicated that the Chinese government did not “extinguish the sustained influx of synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, coming from [their country]”And that such failure constitutes an” unusual and extraordinary threat “.
The Chinese government has opposed the prices since its announcement.
The Trump administration already imposes 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican products, which were announced last month and also entered into force on Tuesday.
Kanter Freedom played in the NBA from 2011 to 2022. He has an average of 11.2 points per match in 748 career appearances. He saw the court for the last time with the Boston Celtics before being traded by the Houston Rockets and then abandoned.
Boston Celtics Center Enes Kanter Freedom, # 13, before a match against the Raptors of Toronto at the Boston TD Garden on October 22, 2021. (Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY SPORTS)
Since then, he has been a frank critic of China and Turkey.
