Pete Hegseth's making a 'grave mistake' with pet name for US-China relations: lawmaker

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has apparently come up with a new pet name for the relationship between the United States and China, and its name is raising the eyebrows of at least one Democrat, according to a new report.

The Hill reported on Wednesday that Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) had sent a letter to Hegseth regarding his use of "G2" to describe U.S.-China relations. Krishnamoorthi argued that the nickname for the relationship “carries deeply problematic connotations of depicting the United States and [China] as co-equal and primarily cooperate powers responsible for deciding global issues while sidelining U.S. democratic allies and partners," according to the report.

The letter refers to a post President Donald Trump made on Truth Social describing his recent meeting with Xi Jinping of China as a "G2" meeting. Hegseth repeated that claim on X, according to the report.

"As President Trump said, his historic ‘G2 meeting’ set the tone for everlasting peace and success for the U.S. and China," Hegseth posted.

Krishnamoorthis implored Hegseth to "correctly frame" the U.S.-China relationship, adding that a failure to do so "would be a grave mistake," the report added.

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