{"id":178194,"date":"2019-07-23T15:17:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T20:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/lindsey-graham-blasts-top-gun-maverick-for-nixing-taiwan-flag"},"modified":"2019-07-23T15:18:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T20:18:08","slug":"lindsey-graham-blasts-top-gun-maverick-for-nixing-taiwan-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/lindsey-graham-blasts-top-gun-maverick-for-nixing-taiwan-flag","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham Blasts &#039;Top Gun: Maverick&#039; for Nixing Taiwan Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-104493\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"27.6722783389\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"48.1459459459\">\n<section id=\"cb-9d4c97be0f4d559ccaa6f6cfd332885a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-17a5df67-c26e-507f-8fa3-18ee24f961e8-1801149018-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/072319-lindsey-graham-4596560-0-xl8tyq40\">\n    <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-17a5df67-c26e-507f-8fa3-18ee24f961e8-1801149018-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"China\" alt=\"China\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Lindsey-Graham-Blasts-039Top-Gun-Maverick039-for-Nixing-Taiwan-Flag.jpg\"\/><span class=\"media-swipe video-block__media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-3ff8ba0df4e4bc5ef05e79b1c1cb1d75\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"24.4117647059\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/lindsey-graham\/\"><strong>Lindsey Graham<\/strong><\/a> says it SUCKS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/tom-cruise\/\"><strong>Tom Cruise<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s iconic bomber jacket got tweaked just to please the Chinese.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-331268bcbbfe3b7b7532e65bd01bc98a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>We got the Senator on Capitol Hill Tuesday and asked him about the brewing controversy surrounding \u201c<strong>Top Gun: Maverick<\/strong>.\u201d ICYMI \u2026 hawkeyed fans noticed in the new trailer that the back of Tom\u2019s jacket no longer includes 2 flags from the original 4-flag pattern \u2014 Taiwan and Japan.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a663da7503596e920dc47a92a570fb46\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"East China\" alt=\"East China\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1563911445_916_Lindsey-Graham-Blasts-039Top-Gun-Maverick039-for-Nixing-Taiwan-Flag.jpg\"\/><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Alamy<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-43b9420197307e79cd1fc6f3c578035c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>If you look closely, the new pattern is replaced by two obscure symbols with similar color schemes. This led to speculation it was done to please China \u2026 given that Chinese tech giant Tencent is one of its film\u2019s financiers.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0de2f4fd208cf5bffd374d80fbe48808\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>The issue with Japan and Taiwan on the iconic jacket? China\u2019s got a tense relationship with Japan in recent years over their fight for islands in the East China Sea. China\u2019s also got a complicated relationship with Taiwan \u2026 which the Chinese used to control before Taiwan separated in 1949.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f60b5f34622be0257193cd806b1c2a8c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>The senator tells us he\u2019s still gonna watch the movie cause he\u2019s a huge fan \u2014 who isn\u2019t?! \u2014 but thinks it sucks China\u2019s got this much power in the modern world.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e32ec4d5bb8f0b7bda39ed906f94eb78\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/07\/23\/senator-lindsey-graham-blasts-top-gun-maverick-flags-bomber-jacket\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/lindsey-graham-blasts-top-gun-maverick-for-nixing-taiwan-flag\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video contentExclusive TMZ.com Lindsey Graham says it SUCKS Tom Cruise\u2018s iconic bomber jacket got tweaked just to please the Chinese. 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