The former NBA player, Enes Kanter Freedom, warned the United States on Wednesday after China promised to “fight until the end” against President Donald Trump’s rates.
The China Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Tuesday, saying that it was ready for any “type” of war with the United States that withdrew against tariffs that raised the Chinese government that Trump increased from 10% to 20% earlier this week due to Beijing’s failure to address the fentanyl flow that entered the United States.
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Boston Celtics Center Enes Kanter, #13, makes a gesture while reacting to an official call against the Toronto Raptors in the second half in Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on November 28, 2021. (Dan Hamilton-USA Today Sports)
Kanter Freedom, who has been opened in recent years against the Chinese government, suffered the alarm on the threat in an X publication.
“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 speak against Chinese president Xi Jinping and the detention camps that support Muslims Uyghur. He also criticized the NBA for having an association with the NBA while atrocities occurred.
“If war is what the United States wants, be it a tariff war, a commercial war or any other type of war, we are ready to fight until the end,” said the ministry spokesman, Lin Jian, in the statement. China has already responded to tariffs imposing a 15% tariff on US agricultural assets.
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The Boston Celtics Center Enes Kanter Freedom shoes, #13, before playing the Chicago Bulls in TD Garden in Boston on November 1, 2021. (Paul Rutherford-USA Today Sports)
Jian’s statement, which was summoned by the Chinese embassy in Washington, argued that the fentanyl problem is a “weak excuse” to raise tariffs on Chinese imports. Jian warned that “intimidation does not scare us” and “intimidation” would not work.
“Pressing, coercion or threats are not the correct way to deal with China,” Jian said. “Anyone who uses maximum pressure on China is choosing the wrong guy and calculating badly.”
President Donald Trump will impose tariffs of 20% to Chinese imports, citing the ongoing fentanyl crisis as a reason for the decision. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci / Istock)
Tariffs against China entered into force on Tuesday. Trump increased tariffs on Monday with an executive order that declared that the Chinese government has not failed in “the sustained influx of synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, which flows from [their country]”And that such failure constitutes an” unusual and extraordinary threat. “
The Chinese government has opposed tariffs since they were announced.
The Trump administration is already imposing 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods, which were announced last month and also entered into force on Tuesday.
Kanter Freedom played in the NBA from 2011 to 2022. He averaged 11.2 points per game in 748 appearances in his career. The last time he saw the court with the Boston Celtics before being changed to Houston’s rocks and then resigned.
Boston Celtics Center Enes Kanter Freedom, #13, before a game against Toronto Raptors at the Garden TD in Boston on October 22, 2021. (Brian Fluharty-USA Today Sports)
Since then, he has been an open critic from China and Türkiye.
