{"id":118058,"date":"2019-03-06T16:28:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=118058"},"modified":"2019-03-06T16:30:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:30:49","slug":"is-trump-really-going-to-nationalize-the-5g-roll-out-have-his-advisors-not-told-him-about-the-extreme-dangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=118058","title":{"rendered":"Is Trump really going to nationalize the 5G roll-out? Have his advisors not told him about the extreme dangers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump Looks To Nationalize 5G<\/strong><\/h1>\n

By Michael Kern
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Trump apparently wants to control 5G in a \u2018state-run\u2019 socialist twist to American capitalism\u2014and now there are indications that it could become part of the 2020 election campaign.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump\u2019s 2020 campaign team renewed its controversial pitch on nationalizing the country\u2019s 5G network. In other words, the government would have control of 5G airwaves and lease access to private wireless providers.<\/p>\n

Kayleigh McEnany, a Trump 2020 campaign spokeswoman, told\u00a0Politico<\/a>\u00a0that a wholesale 5G market would drive down costs and provide access to millions of Americans who are currently underserved.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is in line with\u00a0President Trump\u2019s agenda to benefit all Americans, regardless of geography,”\u00a0McEnany said. Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, Brad Parscale, has been also\u00a0pushing<\/a>\u00a0for a plan that would involve a nationwide 5G network.<\/p>\n

Last month, President Trump himself\u00a0wrote<\/a>\u00a0on social media about 5G, saying that \u201cAmerican companies must step up their efforts, or get left behind.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI want 5G, and even 6G, technology in the United States as soon as possible. It is far more powerful, faster, and smarter than the current standard,\u201d he tweeted. (We\u2019ll let the fact that there is no such thing as 6G technology slide for the sake of election campaigning).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Not everyone\u2019s on board the nationalization train, though. There are some in the White House who would prefer the industry lead this game. White House\u00a0<\/em>economic adviser Larry Kudlow, for one, believes wireless companies should\u00a0manage<\/a> the build-out of 5G. Feeling the heat over this talk of nationalization, even McEnany and Parscale later walked back their calls for government control of 5G, saying they were expressing their own personal opinions\u2014not Trump\u2019s.<\/p>\n

The idea of a wholesale network is being pushed by little known wireless company\u00a0Rivada Networks<\/a>. However, it should be noted that Peter Thiel and Karl Rove, who both have close ties to the Republican party and are strong President Trump supporters, have invested in Rivada.<\/p>\n

While this new campaign is ostensibly aimed at reducing costs and providing rural residents with fast internet, motives aren\u2019t always what they appear to be.<\/p>\n

We heard about this plan last year, too, when the administration thought it would test the waters and gauge public sentiment. It\u2019s wasn\u2019t very successful, taking a lot of heat from critics in the industry and from the Federal Communication Commission (FCC). It also got crushed by lawmakers on both sides of the gaping political divide. It was quickly shoved under the rug.<\/p>\n

But China keeps coming back around.<\/p>\n

A memo from a National\u00a0Security Council official, obtained by\u00a0Axios<\/a>, insisted that a strong, government-controlled 5G network is necessary as a bulwark against Chinese threats to America\u2019s economy and cyber security.<\/p>\n

\u201cChina has achieved a dominant position in the manufacture and operation of network infrastructure\u2026China is the dominant malicious actor in the Information Domain,\u201d the memo read.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, U.S. mobile providers such as \u00a0AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, for example, are investing heavily in this area and have\u00a0promised<\/a>\u00a0to make 5G a reality later this year.<\/p>\n

However, they are still lagging behind Chinese companies,\u00a0Huawei<\/a>\u00a0primarily, one of the biggest phone makers and telecommunications kit providers in the world and the company that has been the target of U.S. lobbying over national security and\u00a0economy<\/a>\u00a0concerns.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0US administration has recently announced it is considered\u00a0barring<\/a>American companies from using equipment from Chinese companies and called on its\u00a0allies<\/a>\u00a0to do the same.<\/p>\n

So, the elephant in the 5G room is China\u2014not \u201cunderserved\u201d American farmers\u2014however, nice that might sound for the 2020 campaign. Much of China\u2019s power comes from the fact that the government controls everything. But the suggestion is that if America wants to beat China, it has to become China, and nationalization is the first step.<\/p>\n

By Michael Kern for Safehaven.com<\/p>\n

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