CNN: Biden says he still believes Xi Jinping is a dictator
Woodside, California CNN — US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he still believes Chinese President Xi Jinping is a dictator, even as the two leaders made progress in their relationship during a meeting outside San Francisco.
“Well, look, he’s a dictator in the sense that he is a guy who runs a country that is a communist country that’s based on a form of government totally different than ours,” Biden told CNN’s MJ Lee. “Anyway, we made progress.”
When asked about Biden’s latest comment at a Chinese Foreign Ministry briefing on Thursday, a spokesperson called it “extremely erroneous” and an “irresponsible political maneuver, which China firmly opposes.”
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Update #1: Biden calls Xi a dictator after carefully planned summit -- Reuters
Update #2: Biden again calls Xi Jinping a 'dictator' as China vows to be 'unstoppable' in retaking Taiwan -- FOX News
WNU Editor: There was agreement on some issues.... Biden and Xi agree to curb illicit fentanyl and restart military communications—but remain miles apart of many critical issues (Fortune). But I would say this reaction from US Secretary of State Blinken accurately sums up how this meeting will be remembered for .... Video shows the moment Antony Blinken winces after Biden calls China's Xi a dictator, upending months of careful diplomacy (Business Insider).
Update #3: China has responded to US President Biden's remark that Chinese President Xi Jinping is a dictator .... China Decries Biden's Off-Script 'Dictator Xi' Comment As "Extremely Wrong" Political Maneuvering (Zero Hedge).
Update #4: Could not have said ti any better (see tweet below).
For all the screeching about Trump allegedly destroying diplomatic relationships, I don't recall him ever doing something so wildly boneheaded as blowing up a summit with China by calling President Xi a "dictator," while Xi was still physically present in the US attending events! pic.twitter.com/HXFv3QPay7
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) November 16, 2023
The US did not get anything. There was no win Biden to tout for the presidential campaign. the Staffers, Obama holdovers, also were miffed.
ReplyDeleteSo the smartest people in the room came up with this presser for quick and easy cheap political points. It was said in a press conference not in a tweet. So it gives it more weight and dignitas.
I am so happy Joe Biden is our president. He is the greatest! He has gravitas unlike George Bush or Orange Man Bad.
Herd Animals
ReplyDeleteAl Hunt
Juan Williams
Claire Shipman
Steve Roberts
Vic Fazio
Jeff Greenfield
Jonathan Alter
Former Senator Bob Kerrey
Margaret Carlson
Mike McCurry
Sam Donaldson (Objective, non-partisan journalist?)
Eleanor Clift
Walter Isaacson
"Maxipad" Mark Shields
Judy Woodruff
They get together on sites like JornoList or read each others work and explicitly or implicitly they all strive to be in harmony and follow the herd.
Same with the Joe bide/Obama holdover staffers.
I think we all can agree, Joe is an idiot. NOW the "collective Biden" will try to clean up ANOTHER mess.
ReplyDeleteon a totally different subject
Begin article.......
My rough estimate of Population currently within Kiev controled territory
Starting point 34 million as of 2014
Less
5 million fled to Europe 2014-21
5 million fled to Europe 2022-23
3 million fled to Russia 2014-21
3 million fled to Russia 2022-23
7 million living in DPR, LPR, Crimea
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11 million
in the worst years, 90's , ukraine lost 3 million
From 2001's census 48 million to 2014 let's say they lost another 3
So 2014 =45 million
even with your exits there would be 22 million.
But exit to the west is likely 8 million and 10 million to russia or russian held territories. That would give the 32 million some say are currently in kiev ukraine.
So no less than 22, no more than 32, certainly not 11
Just to prove a point, if it was 11 million they would have had to draft university students just to have the troops they have used. Furthermore they could not have spared a significant portion of the population from any casualties in family and friends.
20-30 I think very few outside those in certain positions know any better.
end article.....
Two different estimates....you get to choose which one. Note that war dead or wounded or currently "in service" manpower numbers are not included in these calculations
Either way two things are extremely doubtful,
A. that Ukraine can conduct any type of full scale, robust offensive. Example the current one in Kherson will be very limited in scope.
B. they have the manpower to win this war.
"Video shows the moment Antony Blinken winces after Biden calls China's Xi a dictator, upending months of careful diplomacy"
ReplyDeleteWhy wince? Anthony Blinken is one of battalion of liars, who keep up the pretense that Joe Biden is fit for office. It is the quid pro quo for him having the top job at the State Department and capping off his illustrious cursus honorum.
Otherwise, it would be a white collar hard scrabble life for a position at a think tank, Madeleine K. Albright's Albright Stonebridge consulting group, news contributor or such. Yes, Hard scrabble. DC is expensive, mon.
With the tile of Secretary of State under his belt he can get into pissing contests with most people except for former presidents and some senior senators. He can whip it out and compare size and know he will not come out short on the DC cocktail party circuit.
Russian troll and Putin fanboy spotted at 1039
ReplyDeleteWhat an intelligent and useful comment, 10:45.
ReplyDeleteBiden was not incorrect when he called Xi a dictator. But he was very undiplomatic to say so, so close to their meeting.
ReplyDeleteIt was more than undiplomatic. It showed weakness. If he was going to this anyway. He should have been up front about it and brought up the Uighur genocide, etc.
ReplyDeleteBut he went all passive aggressive, we show that he and by extension the US are chumps.
Trump has only ever called other leaders insults remotely, up until he meets them, and then talks smack about them later.
ReplyDeleteStill remember his very 'cold' Merkel meeting.
Trump also calls other dictators his best friends.
If this was trump, he'd say, "Look, Xi is a very smart man. I'm also a very very smart man. I think we'll work great together. We are both smart, what can go wrong? Did I mention I was smart?"
1:18 P.M. sounds like Child Pred Fred
ReplyDeleteOf course the meeting with Merkel went poorly. She was an unct6ious idiot. She did not honor Germany's obligations to ATO. She had a disaster energy policy, she had an even worse immigration policy.
ReplyDeleteMerkel literally had googly eyes around Obama and Putin. Putin returned her adoration by scaring the shit out of her by bring a large dog to a meeting.
The woman was an idiot, who backstabbed her mentor and coasted or rested on the laurels of those who came before he and made the German economy great.
There were less missile launches under Trump than one year under Biden (2022). Trump used a bad cop/good cop routine on Kim Jong Un. We got a year with no missile launches.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-korea-tests-new-engines-for-ballistic-missiles-to-strike-us-bases-in-guam/ar-AA1jWsC3
Kim Jong Un knows Biden is chump change.
Joe Biden Says, "I think I probably have a much higher IQ than you..."
ReplyDeleteTrump had no comment. busy in court or one of the many he will be there for various trials for various crimes.
ReplyDeleteCharges brought by Soros financed DAs.
ReplyDeleteSame corrupt Democrat system that when a local code enforcement officer found an illegal Chinese Biolab with Ebola and other stuff in California, the FBI said we are to busy to help crack or decode the encrypted information. The CDC said we will destroy the evidence.
Biden said let me ____ the boss.
China can play 12 Monkeys on US soil and the Democrats are interested in $$$, power and screwing everything under the sun.