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Pence Says Trump Indictment Sends ‘Terrible Message’ About US Justice

Former US Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the National Review Institute's 2023 Ideas Summit in Washington, DC, US, 31 March 2023. (EPA)
Former US Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the National Review Institute's 2023 Ideas Summit in Washington, DC, US, 31 March 2023. (EPA)
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Pence Says Trump Indictment Sends ‘Terrible Message’ About US Justice

Former US Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the National Review Institute's 2023 Ideas Summit in Washington, DC, US, 31 March 2023. (EPA)
Former US Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the National Review Institute's 2023 Ideas Summit in Washington, DC, US, 31 March 2023. (EPA)

The indictment of former US President Donald Trump sends a "terrible message" to the world about American justice and will encourage dictators to abuse power, former Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday.

"There are dictators and authoritarians around the world that will point to that to justify their own abuse of their own so-called justice system," Pence, Trump's former vice president and a potential rival for the Republican Party's 2024 White House nomination, said during an interview at the National Review's Ideas Summit.

Trump is due to be fingerprinted and photographed in a New York courthouse next week as he becomes the first former president to face criminal charges, in a case involving a 2016 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

Trump, who is mounting a comeback bid for the presidency he lost in the 2020 election, was indicted on Thursday in New York.

Pence has joined fellow Republicans and Trump's other potential 2024 rivals in condemning the indictment, calling it an "outrage."

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Trump Says He and China’s Xi Have Been Talking through Aides

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP)
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP)
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Trump Says He and China’s Xi Have Been Talking through Aides

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP)
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP)

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have been speaking through representatives and he believes the two leaders will get along.

"We've already been talking. We've been talking through their representatives," Trump said in an interview with conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt.

Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, described Xi as a strong and powerful man who he said was revered in China.

"And I think we will probably get very well, I predict," he said. "But you know, it's got to be a two-way street," Trump added, repeating an accusation that China has been "ripping off" the US economically.

China attaches "great importance" to Trump's remarks, its foreign ministry said at a regular news briefing on Tuesday.

"China is willing to promote the stable, healthy and sustainable development of Sino-US economic and trade relations," spokesperson Guo Jiakun said, citing mutual respect and "win-win" cooperation.

Guo did not confirm that any exchanges had been made through the leaders' aides, but said China and the US have maintained communications through various means.

Trump invited Xi and other foreign leaders to his inauguration in Washington later this month, but experts say the Chinese leader is unlikely to attend.

Trump has named numerous China hawks to key posts in his incoming administration, including Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state.

Trump has also said he will impose an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods. He threatened tariffs in excess of 60% on Chinese goods while on the campaign trail.