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Trump's Second Term

John Bolton:

Trump calls Xi “King.” He said at the Osaka G20 meeting when they were having a bilateral, “You're the greatest leader of China since Mao Zedong,” which caught everybody a little bit by surprise. But then he said, “In fact, you're the greatest leader in Chinese history.”

He thinks he's friends with Xi Jinping and with Vladimir Putin and I will guarantee you that's not how they see Trump. I think they both see him as an easy mark

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Andy_Ross said:
John Bolton:

Trump calls Xi “King.” He said at the Osaka G20 meeting when they were having a bilateral, “You're the greatest leader of China since Mao Zedong,” which caught everybody a little bit by surprise. But then he said, “In fact, you're the greatest leader in Chinese history.”

He thinks he's friends with Xi Jinping and with Vladimir Putin and I will guarantee you that's not how they see Trump. I think they both see him as an easy mark

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As if he could name even one leader in Chinese history outside of Mao and Xi …
And doubt that "easy mark" is the literal translation of what Xi and Putin call him in their original language.
 
Andy_Ross said:
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From the Bilateral Meeting in Beijing:

President Trump had a good meeting with President Xi of China
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Seriously? He's talking about expanding opportunities but isn't the GOP introducing legislation to ban Chinese EVs? I know that Trump always phrases ◊◊◊◊ to sound like it's only America winning, but I see nothing in this description that would even tempt China. Why would China boost their investment in the US? The US military shut down an expansion into my area from a Chinese based wet corn plant because they said it was a national security threat to our military.

Personally, I think Xi blew smoke up all their asses for the whole time they were there just to make Trump feel good. If he can keep Trump distracted and content then at least Trump will shut the ◊◊◊◊ up. I wonder if his aids treat him like a child and just give him his phone when they don't want to deal with him. I do that with my granddaughter from time to time.
 
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Andy_Ross said:
Trump: "Chinese restaurants in America today outnumber the five largest fast foods in the United States all combined. That's a pretty big statement."

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On the bright side, suddenly Boris Johnson going to the Beijing Olympics closing ceremony and wittering on about 'Wiff Waff is coming home' is fractionally less embarrassing by comparison.

Fractionally..
 
Andy_Ross said:
CASAR: For the $1 billion we're being asked to spend on Trump's ballroom, we could fund 217 million free school lunches and 15,000 more teachers. As secretary of education, which do you think helps our nation more?

McMAHON: I think those are incredibly weird comparisons

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Is she the least qualified of all the unqualified Trump appointments, or just totally indifferent to, and uninterested in her job?

Which is why Trump appointed her.
 
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Andy_Ross said:
John Bolton:

Trump calls Xi “King.” He said at the Osaka G20 meeting when they were having a bilateral, “You're the greatest leader of China since Mao Zedong,” which caught everybody a little bit by surprise. But then he said, “In fact, you're the greatest leader in Chinese history.”

He thinks he's friends with Xi Jinping and with Vladimir Putin and I will guarantee you that's not how they see Trump. I think they both see him as an easy mark

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It amuses me to no end to imagine how world leaders joke and laugh at the imbecile as soon as he leaves the room. They sober up however when they realize said imbecile has access to a ◊◊◊◊ ton of nukes.

Harshes my buzz too.
 
All I want to know is, when Trump meet Xi, did he give him the two-handed shakey thing while tilting his head way to the side? Then pose for pics where he does that oh-so-jolly side-by-side and pointing-to-the-other-guy gag?
 
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Andy_Ross said:
CASAR: For the $1 billion we're being asked to spend on Trump's ballroom, we could fund 217 million free school lunches and 15,000 more teachers. As secretary of education, which do you think helps our nation more?

McMAHON: I think those are incredibly weird comparisons
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Okay, how about this comparison: How does the percentage cost overrun on refurbishing the Federal Reserve building compare to the 6-fold increase in what Trump claimed his unauthorised ballroom would cost?

And didn't Trump try, but fail, to prosecute the Fed's chairman over that?
 
Garrison said:
And even if that were true so what?
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It is true

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If someone burgles a house would that make it okay for you to rob someone elses?
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No, but it might cause me to complain about special pleading and partisan bias, if people lose their minds about one while hand waving the other away...

Garrison said:
And for that matter the sheer scale of Trumps corruption dwarfs anything that Congress can achieve.
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... As I was saying. Also, haha no. Congress way outperforms the executive branch in this. Always has.

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But of course you don't care, any deflection will do.
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I do care. Just not as strongly nor as selectively as you do.
 
plague311 said:
Personally, I think Xi blew smoke up all their asses for the whole time they were there just to make Trump feel good. If he can keep Trump distracted and content then at least Trump will shut the ◊◊◊◊ up. I wonder if his aids treat him like a child and just give him his phone when they don't want to deal with him. I do that with my granddaughter from time to time.
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I'd bet Hegseth, Bessent, Musk, and a few others are also feeling all warm inside, thinking they've marked points with what they believe has been an acknowledgment of the American superiority. And like you, I think Xi must be very satisfied of having them and the toddler in chief "rolled in flour" as we say in France.
As whether there are aides conscious enough of the reality of the situation to manipulate the orange slug, that's another question.
 
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Why do they remind me of the twins from The Shining? Just need to be holding hands to finish the look.
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Didn't Xi get all butt hurt because people were comparing him to Winnie the Pooh? I see it now, I absolutely see it.

Trump looks like if you created a human and forgot it under a heat lamp for 10 minutes.
 
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