Enes Kanter Freedom sounds alarm on China's 'war' warning: 'Wake up America'

Former NBA subordinate Enes Kanter Freedom warned the U.S. connected Wednesday aft China vowed to "fight till the end" against President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a connection connected Tuesday, saying it was acceptable for immoderate "type" of warfare with the U.S. It pushed backmost against tariffs levied against the Chinese government that Trump bumped up from 10% to 20% earlier this week implicit Beijing’s nonaccomplishment to code the travel of fentanyl entering the U.S.

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Boston Celtics halfway Enes Kanter, #13, gestures arsenic helium reacts to an authoritative telephone against the Toronto Raptors successful the 2nd fractional astatine Scotiabank Arena successful Toronto connected Nov. 28, 2021. (Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports)

Kanter Freedom, who has been outspoken for the past fewer years against the Chinese government, sounded the alarm astir the menace successful a station connected X.

"No embassy issues this benignant of connection without the capital's approval," helium wrote. "Wake up America."

Kanter Freedom was 1 of the lone NBA players to talk retired against Chinese President Xi Jinping and the detention camps holding Uyghur Muslims. He besides criticized the NBA for having a concern with the NBA portion the atrocities were occurring.

"If warfare is what the U.S. wants, beryllium it a tariff war, a commercialized warfare oregon immoderate different benignant of war, we’re acceptable to combat till the end," ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said successful the statement. China has already responded to the tariffs by imposing a 15% tariff connected American cultivation goods. 

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The shoes of Boston Celtics halfway Enes Kanter Freedom, #13, earlier playing the Chicago Bulls astatine TD Garden successful Boston connected Nov. 1, 2021. (Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY Sports)

Jian’s statement, which was quoted by the Chinese Embassy successful Washington, argued that the fentanyl contented is simply a "flimsy excuse" to rise tariffs connected Chinese imports. Jian cautioned that "intimidation does not scare us" and "bullying" would not work.

"Pressuring, coercion oregon threats are not the close mode of dealing with China," Jian said. "Anyone utilizing maximum unit connected China is picking the incorrect feline and miscalculating."

President Donald Trump volition enforce 20% tariffs connected Chinese imports, citing the ongoing fentanyl situation arsenic a crushed for the decision. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci / iStock)

The tariffs against China went into effect connected Tuesday. Trump accrued the tariffs connected Monday with an enforcement bid that stated the Chinese authorities has failed "to blunt the sustained influx of synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, flowing from [their country]," and that specified nonaccomplishment constitutes an "unusual and bonzer threat."

The Chinese authorities has opposed the tariffs since they were announced. 

The Trump medication is already imposing 25% tariffs connected Canadian and Mexican goods, which were announced past period and besides went into effect connected Tuesday.

Kanter Freedom played successful the NBA from 2011 to 2022. He averaged 11.2 points per crippled successful 748 vocation appearances. He past saw the tribunal with the Boston Celtics earlier helium was traded to the Houston Rockets and aboriginal waived.

Boston Celtics halfway Enes Kanter Freedom, #13, earlier a crippled against the Toronto Raptors astatine the TD Garden successful Boston connected Oct. 22, 2021. (Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports)

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Since then, helium has been an outspoken professional of China and Turkey.

Fox News' Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.

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