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He made these remarks at a rally in Iowa.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T05:05:11.936Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-11-02T04:03:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-02T06:00:31.439Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":60,"critic":65,"hype":45,"notes":{"trust":"Two full reports and three digests corroborate Trump's claim about US spying on China and Russia.","critic":"The reporting clearly separates Trump's statements from the DoJ case details and provides context.","hype":"The headline accurately reflects Trump's statement but the article does not delve deeply into the implications."}},"tags":["#DonaldTrump","#USPolitics","#Espionage","#China","#Russia","#MidtermElections"],"entities":["Donald Trump","China","Russia","US Department of Justice","Liren Lai","Yuance Chen"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["US President Donald Trump claimed the United States conducts intelligence operations against China and Russia.","Trump stated that the US is more effective at spying on adversaries than China and Russia.","The remarks were made during a campaign rally in Iowa before the US midterm elections.","The US Department of Justice announced the sentencing of two Chinese nationals for acting as agents of the Chinese government."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"US President Donald Trump stated that the United States conducts intelligence operations against China and Russia. He claimed that the US is better at spying on its adversaries than these two countries. Trump made these remarks during a campaign rally in Iowa ahead of the US midterm elections."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Trump recalled being told that China was spying on the United States. He responded by saying Washington was also monitoring Beijing and Moscow. \"And we're doing it to them also, but we do it even better, so don't worry about it,\" Trump told the rally attendees."},{"type":"heading","text":"Chinese nationals sentenced for acting as agents"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The US Department of Justice announced that two Chinese nationals, Liren Lai and Yuance Chen, were sentenced to 30 months in prison. They were convicted of conspiring to act as agents of the Chinese government without notifying the US Attorney General. According to the Department of Justice, the individuals operated under the direction of China's Ministry of State Security. Their activities included facilitating a payment of approximately USD 10,000 in January 2022 and collecting photographs of US military installations. Court documents indicated they also gathered personal information about potential intelligence targets. The FBI arrested Lai and Chen on June 27, 2025, following a counterintelligence investigation."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated reports printed below mention the specific date of the US midterm elections, which Trump referenced as being imminent. The digests from Korrespondent.net, Tribune India, aninews.in, and news-pravda.com do not include details about the two Chinese nationals sentenced for acting as agents of the Chinese government, nor do they mention the USD 10,000 payment or the collection of photographs of US military installations."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"JDN - חדשות","url":"https://jdn.co.il/news/2758410","headline":"Trump on Chinese Espionage: \"We Spy on Them Too, and We Do It Even Better\"","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T05:45:09.000Z"},{"sourceName":"UNN","url":"https://unn.ua/news/tramp-zaiavyv-shcho-ssha-shpyhuiut-za-rosiieiu-ta-kytaiem-i-robliat-tse-krashche-za-nykh","headline":"Trump Says the US Spies on Russia and China and Does It Better than Them","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T04:38:51.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Korrespondent.net","url":"https://korrespondent.net/world/4925291-tramp-zaiavyl-chto-ssha-shpyoniat-za-rossyei-y-kytaem","headline":"Trump Claimed that the US Was Spying on Russia and China.","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T04:03:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Times of India","url":"https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/we-do-it-even-better-trump-says-us-outperforms-china-russia-in-spy-operations-ahead-of-midterms/articleshow/135441625.cms","headline":"'We do it even better': Trump says US outperforms China, Russia in spy operations ahead of midterms","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T01:23:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"The Economic Times","url":"https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/we-do-it-even-better-trump-says-us-outperforms-china-russia-in-spy-operations-ahead-of-midterms/articleshow/135441625.cms","headline":"'We do it even better': Trump says US outperforms China, Russia in spy operations ahead of midterms","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T01:23:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Tribune India","url":"https://tribuneindia.com/news/usa-news/we-do-it-even-better-trump-says-us-outperforms-china-russia-in-spy-operations-ahead-of-midterms","headline":"We do it even better: Trump says US outperforms China, Russia in spy operations ahead of midterms - The Tribune","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T00:07:07.000Z"},{"sourceName":"aninews.in","url":"https://aninews.in/news/world/us/we-do-it-even-better-trump-says-us-outperforms-china-russia-in-spy-operations-ahead-of-midterms20261102053301","headline":"\"We do it even better\": Trump says US outperforms China, Russia in spy operations ahead of midterms","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T00:03:01.370Z"},{"sourceName":"news-pravda.com","url":"https://news-pravda.com/russia/2026/11/01/2711307.html","headline":"Trump said that the United States is collecting intelligence about Russia and China, and they, in his opinion, are doing the same with regard to the American side","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-01T22:42:19.000Z"}],"analysis":{"distribution":{"percent":{"left":14,"centre":15,"right":71},"count":{"left":1,"centre":1,"right":5},"totalSources":8,"untracked":1,"rated":7,"observedAt":"2026-11-02T07:15:14.082679+00:00"},"lifecycle":{"state":"developing","lastCheckedAt":"2026-11-02T07:45:17.499Z","closedAt":null,"checks":11,"changes":1,"reopened":false},"framing":{"left":[],"centre":["The centre-rated report from The Economic Times led with Donald Trump's claim that the US conducts intelligence operations against China and Russia and is better at spying than these adversaries. 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