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.
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.
21Yeah, exactly. Next year, you'll have a choice between an actual president or a human train wreck.
20Wait, did he suck his honey dick or not?
-22The ice may be clear and thin, but it sure is wide.
-32Biden 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.
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