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.
To be fair, a ham sandwich would’ve handled Xi’s visit better than Trump too.
##HamSandwich2024
#YesWeHam
Si Se Ham.
IDK depends on how old it is.
I thought we were convicting ham sandwiches
No you indict a ham sandwich, you convict criminals.
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To be fair, skillfully is not a Trump skill
It’s a low bar. Knowing the current US president is beyond his level of coherence.
More coherent than the last 🤷♂️
This is not going to be a popular opinion on here, but when it comes to Asia, Biden’s foreign policy is almost indistinguishable from Trump’s.
Basically: aggressive ratcheting of trade and tech restrictions on China; gum up the international trading framework (e.g. WTO dispute resolution process); try to woo China’s neighbors but steadfastly ignore their requests for better trade access with the US; discourage Chinese scientists and students from coming to the US. All of these initiatives originated under Trump, and are being continued under Biden, with minor tweaks.
After the Obama administration both parties have taken hardline stances on China. Their theft of intellectual property, ignoring international law, massive subsidies of industries that target foreign economies, human rights abuses, wolf warrior diplomacy etc. etc. had proven that democracy wasn’t going to take root even when they were uplifted economically.
China has no friends in either party now and the reaction of the a potential Hillary Clinton administration in 2016 likely would have been the same.
The US has to brutalize and strangle China’s economy to bring them to the table and force change. There is no need to provide incentives to other Asian powers as China’s actions against their neighbors are enough to put them in the USA’s sphere of influence.
For different reasons though
Yeah, exactly. Next year, you’ll have a choice between an actual president or a human train wreck.
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Should Biden kowtow to Xi? He is a dictator and speaking truth matters.
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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”.
He could simply deflect and avoid the question, as anyone with half a brain would have done.
“Typical politician Biden refuses to call Xi a dictator”. “Biden’s so mentally incompetent, he can’t even answer a simple yes or no question” ah yes, I can clearly see how these headlines would be so much better
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.
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.
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Biden did not “skillfully handle” this at all. He foolishly damaged relations with China even further by calling Xi a dictator after going to the trouble of planning this summit.
If you cowards would vote for the Green party or any other party this wouldn’t be a problem. Instead, you support the Democrats who don’t even try to repair the damage the Republicans do. They both get rich from it together.
Third party votes in a First Past the Post voting system are a protest at best and counter-productive at worst.
Your plan is to keep voting for people who don’t support ranked choice voting.
My plan is to vote for people who support ranked choice voting.
You don’t know my plan or my motivations.
Who are you voting for?
Sure as shit not a third party candidate.
So someone who does not support ranked choice voting. Great strategy lol.
You think throwing away your vote on a candidate who claims to support electoral reform but has no chance of winning will have any meaningful impact?
It makes perfect sense when you don’t think about it.
Greens support Putin, who is genociding queer Russians. No thanks.
In what way does the Green party US support Putin?
So you have literally nothing of substance.
If this is your attempt at being convincing it doesn’t seem to be going over too well
The accusation is wild in the first place. Where is Jill Stein’s Russian oil money? Are US citizens not allowed to express democracy by running for president because they want to improve the country? No, apparently that means they’re working for another country, no logic there.
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If Jill Stein was working for Putin why would she publicly show herself sitting at the same table?
If Republicans were working for Putin would they fly to Moscow on the 4th of July?
What’s hilarious is that all that nonsense caused Trump’s policy to be far tougher on Russia in terms of economic sanctions as well as escalation over Ukraine.
Notice how not one liberal replied to this because you all don’t actually study US policy.
Or we just think your claim about Trump was stupid.
Trump did in fact escalate sanctions on Russia, as well as provide addition funding to Ukraine’s military.
Oh man, what a defense!
“Your honor, if I was the murderer, why would I have been at the scene of the crime, holding the murder weapon in my hand? I mean, that would be too obvious!”
You have literally no evidence, just wild accusations
What wild accusation did I make? Show me please.
You insinuated my argument defending Jill Stein against being a russian asset was not a credible defense. The accusations against her are wild and unsubstantiated.
I made no accusation. I just mocked your absolutely bonkers comment saying that Jill Stein publicly sitting down and spending time with Putin proves that she is not affiliated with Putin. The term “wild and unsubstantiated” is something you might want to reflect deeply upon.
You can’t actually think that’s a credible defense, come on now
Where is Jill Stein Russian oil money?
Are you actually saying someone who works for Putin wouldn’t publicly show herself with Putin?
Yes she would know better than to do that.
Based on what evidence?
Her successful career as a physician shows she is capable of intelligent thought, something you struggle with.
Insulting me is not evidence. Neither is saying she’s a successful physician. That has nothing to do with why she appears with Putin.
I’m not surprised you’re resorting to insults though.
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You do that every time you vote Democrat or Republican
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I’m glad I didn’t vote for genocide.
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No. I didn’t. Feel free to try and explain how I did, but you cannot.
Because I’m sure whoever you vote for has a good chance of getting into office. For sure the president in 2024 will be neither Biden nor Trump. It’ll be whoever you vote for. It’s not like we only have two viable options or anything…
Ironically the polling is showing RFK has a reasonable chace of winning. That opens up the lane for Jill Stein to compete as well.
No it doesn’t. No poll shows he has a reasonable chance of winning. That’s a lie.
20% absolutely is. He can easily gain 10% more to get to 30% and win it.
How can he ‘easily gain 10%?’ Why would it be easy? You say a lot of things without any evidence to support them.
Also, that was a telephone poll, so it was extremely inaccurate.
Lol I haven’t laughed so hard all day! Thank you, I needed that.
I laughed way harder at the title of this post
Wait, did he suck his honey dick or not?
The ice may be clear and thin, but it sure is wide.
