Day: November 17, 2023

EXCLUSIVE: Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley vowed Friday that China won’t “threaten or intimidate” American businesses if she is elected to the White House in 2024.

Speaking with Fox News Digital at a campaign stop in Newton, Iowa, Haley also warned that companies doing business with China need to have a “plan B” should the communist nation unexpectedly pull “the rug out from under them.”

“I will go and do what I have always done, which is remind every company that they need to be very cautious about China and should look and say if China pulled the rug out from under them today, would they be ready? We all need a plan B,” Haley said when asked if she agreed with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s receptiveness to doing business in China.

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Haley met with Fink at the Iowa stop, in addition to other financial executives at events throughout the day, as she continues to try and build support in her bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

She told Fox that her “plan B” as president was “going to be a national security plan so that we don’t let China threaten or intimidate or do anything against America.”

“I’ll also partner with my businesses and let them know the threats of China as well. The goal is let’s start doing business with our friends and let’s not get threatened or hurt by our enemies,” Haley said.

Fink and BlackRock have faced a wave of criticism over the company’s past acceptance of environment, social and governance (ESG) investment criteria, which has become a target for conservatives pushing back on what they see as companies implementing a far-left, progressive agenda.

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When asked if she was concerned about such policies and whether she raised the subject during her meeting with Fink, Haley avoided directly answering the question.

“Again, I’ll do what I did in South Carolina. I partnered with my businesses. I use them as a resource. One, they hire people that we need to hire. They help us with our economy,” she said. “But I also shared in South Carolina with my businesses the threats, the issues, the keys that we needed. It’s about having communication.” 

“You want your businesses to be successful, but we also want to focus on the national security of our country. And we want to make sure that we get America back on track,” she added. “What they talk about is the debt, inflation, what are we going to do to balance our budget and get things back on track? And I appreciate that. So we all agree on that.”

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A New York City Jewish bakery was vandalized on Friday afternoon, after someone spray-painted “Free Gaza” on the window, before smashing a window at a nearby bank.

The graffiti on the front window of Breads Bakery near Sixth Avenue and 49th Street appeared in bright-orange lettering.

Additional photos show a man sweeping up broken glass in front of the Simon & Schuster building, where another window, this time belonging to the First Republic Bank, appeared to have been smashed.

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The vandals struck before several pro-Palestinian protests were expected to take place in the Big Apple.

The graffiti also reminded those passing by of the rising antisemitism in New York City, as well as around the world.

On Thursday, pro-Palestinian protesters blocked traffic on bridges in Boston and San Francisco during rush hour, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza as Israel continues to target Hamas leadership more than a month after the militant group invaded Israel and slaughtered civilians.

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The protest slowed traffic to a trickle on a bridge connecting Boston to Cambridge, and people in the group were seen holding signs that read, “Let Gaza Live,” before unfurling a banner across the roadway that read, “Jews say: Ceasefire now.”

The night before, a violent protest of pro-Palestinian supporters erupted outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., with demonstrators growing violent as they called for an immediate cease-fire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

ANTISEMITISM EXPOSED

And just last week, an Upper East Side coffee shop’s entire barista staff quit because of the owner’s support for Israel.

Caffè Aronne’s owner, Aaron Daham, told FOX 5 in New York City that the store posted Israeli flags at all of their locations, as well as kidnapping signs. But the actions upset the team, Daham said, and people were not willing to be part of the support.

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Leaving the shop shorthanded, local businesses and competitors stepped up to help as the owner announced plans to donate parts of his proceeds to help Israel.

Israel vowed to wipe out Hamas after the militant group launched its Oct. 7 surprise attack, in which at least 1,200 people died in Israel and around 240 were taken captive by militants back to Gaza.

More than 11,200 Palestinians have been killed since the war began, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.

Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.

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