True that my memory was a bit deficient on Chao's relationship to the Chinese Communist Party. Below is the truth which, with a little reflection is just as bad. Clearly, Trump futilely tried to kiss McConnell's ass. BTW: At no point did I disparage mail order wives. I just pointed-out that Chao was not one and instead represented a corrupt alliance indulged by McConnell and foolishly tolerated by Trump. There quite a roster of honeypots being supplied by China to the American Elite.
Elaine Chao - Wikipedia
Potential conflicts of interest
As Secretary of Transportation, Chao appeared in at least a dozen interviews with her father, James, a shipping magnate with extensive business interests in China.
[67] Ethics experts said the appearances raised ethical concerns, as public officials are prohibited from using their office to profit others or themselves.
[67] Federal disclosures cited by
The New York Times revealed a gift to Chao and her husband Mitch McConnell from Chao's businessman father James, valued at between US$5 million and $25 million.
[68] The company her father founded (and which her sister, Angela, currently runs), The Foremost Group, has extensive ties to the Chinese state and Chinese elites.
[68] It obtained hundreds of millions of dollars worth of loans from a bank owned by the Chinese state, has substantial interests tied to a major shipyard funded by and long-term contracts with a steel producer owned by the Chinese state. In what
The Times described as "a rarity for foreigners", Angela and James Chao have served on the boards of a Chinese state-owned shipbuilder, and Angela has been on the board of the
Bank of China, as well as the
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (which was created by the
government of China).
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