
Chinese Netizens Mock Trump’s Half‑Staff Order, Citing Endless Gun Violence and Political Posturing
The hashtag #特朗普下令全国哀悼# has become a lightning rod on China’s premier micro‑blogging platform, Weibo, where users are parsing the latest proclamation by President Donald Trump that flags at the White House be lowered to half‑staff in the wake of a school shooting in Minneapolis. While the official statement frames the gesture as a solemn tribute to the victims, the Chinese‑language discussion it has sparked is anything but reverent.








