White House: China Placing Troops in Cuba Isn't a Red Line, We 'Made Our Concerns Very Plain' -- We'll 'Mitigate' Spy Threat

On Thursday's broadcast of MSNBC's "José Díaz-Balart Reports," White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby responded to a question on whether China putting troops in Cuba is a hard line that the U.S. will not allow China to cross by stating that "we're watching" what China is trying to do and "we've made our concerns very plain and very clear to both countries about our deep concerns over this potential capability." Kirby also stated that they won't allow Chinese actions in this hemisphere to endanger American security and "we are taking steps to mitigate any possible threat" from Chinese espionage on the island.