Had Donald Trump been the U.S. president hosting this week’s APEC meetings, I have no doubt that the headline from the event would have been unchanged. It would have been: “He’s a dictator.”
The only difference is it would be Xi Jinping who was saying it to describe Trump.
Other than that, though, a Trump-hosted APEC meeting would likely have been unrecognizably different from the successful and productive forum hosted by President Joe Biden.
And by “skillfully” they surely mean Joe calling Xi “a dictator” shortly after their meeting, while lots of press press was around.
While it’s not ideal, had he said no to the question, the media would have spun it as, “Biden refuses to call Xi a dictator”.
Should Biden kowtow to Xi? He is a dictator and speaking truth matters.
he chose his words well
Except he’s not a dictator any more than Roosevelt was.
He was elected in free and fair elections and had opposition each time. Unfortunately people remembered the Republicans from the decade prior that allowed the economy to be fleeced and caused tremendous hardship on everyone, so they had no chance. Then a war happened.
I guess you were determined to be a troll at birth. Too bad you won’t use that energy to do some good for someone besides yourself.
Can you explain for someone not from the US?
It’s very important to the US Right to demonize Franklin Roosevelt as much as possible. His policies included public works projects that employed millions, including artists and writers. He was an advocate of racial justice and general reformer. One of the really funny things is that the Right had to wait until most of the people who’d voted for FDR were dead before they could really unload on him. He was so popular in his lifetime that he won the Presidency four times.
Thanks for explaining.
He’s an amazing figure, no matter where you’re from. He was born rich and became a champion of the poor, overcame polio, and created policies that are still in place today.
That’s not even remotely close to the idiocy of Trump:
From the top of what I immediately remember regarding Trump embarrassing both himself and the USA.
Trump embarrassing himself during meeting with the president of Japan:
https://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/06/politics/donald-trump-koi-pond-japan/index.html
Trump and the magic orb:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/world/middleeast/trump-glowing-orb-saudi.html
Trump bragging and then being collectively laughed at during UN speech:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-trumps-boast-draws-laughter-at-united-nations
Trump and his idiotic handshakes.
https://time.com/4797283/trump-handshakes-emmanuel-macron-justin-trudeau-neil-gorsuch/
Trump soiling himself because he forgot to wear his diaper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Biden calls Xi a dictator because he is.
The difference is that Trump is a narcissistic moron, it’s amazing how many people can’t see that.
Don’t forget him walking out in front of Queen Elizabeth, leaving her to shuffle past the press behind him. He’s a buffoon.
Thanks for the compilation. The analogy I’ve been using for years is that trying to keep up with Trump’s follies is like trying to read Lord of the Rings while listening to Game of Thrones on audio and watching Avengers Endgame while riding a rollercoaster in a hurricane.
There are attempts at making more complete lists of Trump being an absolute idiot.
Such lists tend to outright exhausting, exactly because somewhat like you say, he creates scandals faster than it’s possible to digest.
And if he said “well there are lots of different types of governments and we can all work together” or some non answer then the headlines would be “biden refuses to call him a dictator”. It’s a no win so the best course was to say it and smooth it over later because maybe it signals they can both be truthful.
Lots of good came out of this meeting overall in my opinion.
Good. Call it like he sees it. Fuck Xi and fuck his simps.
yeah exactly. not sure why i’m getting downvoted to hell for just stating this. it wasn’t by mistake, he told it to the press by choice.