Biden Skillfully Handled Xi Jinping’s U.S. Visit in Ways Trump Simply Never Could
Biden Skillfully Handled Xi Jinping’s U.S. Visit in Ways Trump Simply Never Could
The president was gracious but tough, candid but thoughtful, and unlike his predecessor, did not sell out the country to a dictator.
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, 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.
And by "skillfully" they surely mean Joe calling Xi "a dictator" shortly after their meeting, while lots of press press was around.
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.
Wait, did he suck his honey dick or not?
The ice may be clear and thin, but it sure is wide.
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.
Lol I haven't laughed so hard all day! Thank you, I needed that.
I laughed way harder at the title of this post
