“I think it’s great!” – Trump PRAISES Chinese president for seizing power in China

CNN managed to get their hands on audio of Trump praising the Chinese president who just consolidated power and became president for life.

The audio is in the clip below:

The CNN reporter is not wrong. Trump certainly spoke kindly of Xi and didn’t once suggest he shouldn’t have consolidated power or made himself president for life.

In fact Trump joked – and it was a joke – that he might have to try that here someday.

It’s not the joke that bothers me, but once again Trump praising an authoritarian. Remember when he congratulated Erdogan after he seized power in Turkey? Well now he appears to be doing the same thing with Xi, speaking of it like it’s a-okay and that there’s nothing wrong with it: “And look he was able to do that. I think it’s great.”

Ugh.


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