Update(2115ET): Hands down the biggest moment from Biden’s post-Xi meeting, and which threatens to derail any positive feelings built through the day, was his off-the-cuff remark calling Xi a “dictator”. Was he so far off-script that the White House will issue a clarification? Will the dictator comment stand? Watch the moment which is sure to rile Beijing, and immediately cast a cloud over whatever ‘progress’ may have been made after hours of talks…
“After today, would you still refer to President Xi as a dictator?” asks a reporter.
“Look, he is. He’s a dictator in the sense that he’s a guy who runs a country that is a communist country that’s based on a form of government totally different than ours,” says Pres. Biden. pic.twitter.com/JjZeGBNcU2
— Last Call (@LastCallCNBC) November 16, 2023
Bloomberg observes that it was off-the-cuff:
The dictator comment is the sort of off-the-cuff comment from Biden that has stirred controversy in the past. His response came after the formal set of questions had been presented from the media. Reporters were shouting out questions to extend the briefing. Biden has made comments in the past about defending Taiwan and Russian “incursions” into Ukraine that forced White House staff to clarify what the president had intended.
As seen in the above clip, the press was ushered out of the room fairly quickly after the dictator comment from Biden.
The below also shows how careful Biden’s staff was trying to be earlier in the day in trying to prevent any spontaneous interaction between the president and the press…
Biden advisors scream at press to leave the room after Xi’s statement😳 pic.twitter.com/U8b9yuGvsg
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 15, 2023
Bloomberg noted additionally:
The dictator remark will probably overshadow what looks like some cut-through on some very important areas, namely controlling fentanyl and on both militaries talking to each other. China may choose to ignore it… or not.
Certainly the CCP is not known to ignore such statements, especially as it’s not the first time Biden called Xi a dictator.
China will also not be happy at the fact that President Biden put great emphasis on Washington’s “Ironclad commitment” to defending Indo-Pacific allies while talking directly to President Xi.
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I think Biden had a moment of clarity, which his bungling staff of morons weren’t expecting.
Clarity is not insulting the guest right before some so called big conference where it is hoped some good will come out of it. It was just him spouting off like the old demented jackass he has always been.
He got confused after seeing the clean streets of San Francisco and didn’t recover until he got back to his basement to watch some porn later in the week.
In China the real people who own the government were smart enough to put 1 person in charge. The forms of gov are the same other than one has the illusion of freedom and one does not
QOTD…What was the true purpose(s) of Xi’s visit to the U.S. and to meet with Obama’s puppet?
In Your Opinion.
IMO,
1. To gauge senility.
2. To remind him who is really has him by the cajones…Who is boss.
3. To gauge security measures and competence of the .gov, in case the infiltration of fighting age illegals need to be activated, in recognizing a vulnerable former hegemonic bully nation, with some spoils to plunder.
There’s a new world sheriff in town, and his name is Xi.
His deputy’s name is Vlad.
BRICS cooperation is the new law of the land, and the fiat $USD is quickly losing its appeal to cowpokes who are sick of western ideologies.
Got ammo?
Giddyup!
Joe is now a superintendent.
He was showing a property to its new owner.
100 well trained special ops Chinese could bring this nation to its knees in a one day operation. We are in potential deep shit.
No potential about it; we are IN deep shit, amigo.
Update11/16(0730ET): With the summit wrapped up, and Xi’s plane headed back to Beijing, the Chinese government on Thursday issued its first reaction to Biden calling Xi a “dictator” – which it should be emphasized was said while Xi was literally still there in San Francisco (if not still in the same venue or building):
President Joe Biden’s description of Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a dictator is “extremely wrong,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Thursday at a regular press briefing in Beijing.
Mao slammed the remark as “irresponsible political maneuvering” – and likely there is much more condemnation out of China to come. This could be only the beginning.
Cameras caught Secretary Blinken’s reaction in real time, which strongly suggests the White House was immediately sent scrambling to try and fix the mess…
Makes me almost feel sorry for Blinken. lol
Never, Goatee.
Sleep with dogs, catch fleas.
Squirm, Tony.
Tighten up that sphincter of yours while in the front row?
Betcha THAT reporter doesn’t get a press pass to The White House briefings. Major cringe.
Sotero, reportedly: “Never underestimate Joe’s ability to muck things up.”
To which I’d reply:
Hey YOU wanted to steer a runaway train from behind the curtain. You chose a malleable front man, so now reap the karma you’ve sown.
Just WHY did Xi pay a visit?
To get some Chinese at that new joint in town.
You can clearly begin to see a sense of dread pour over his face as the female reporter (Asian of course) is in the middle of asking the question…he turns in her direction and you know that mentally he’s thinking JFC is she really asking that… then Biden immediately and without any hesitation at all says “he is”, which causes Tony to visibly sigh, turn his slightly head down and begin the hand wringing. The White House is gonna spend all day attempting to re-clarify this monumental fuckup.
About time to paint over all the red buttons within 600 yards of the White House.
Look at the picture of the chinese on one side, the murikans the other.
China brings younger, most likely MUCH brighter representatives while on the murikan side what do you see. Mostly very ugly, decrepit and STUPID representatives. I think if I had to sit across from the murikan side, not sure I’d show to much mercy with negotiations of any sort.
Simply note the seated posture contrasted in the two opposing teams. Stark.
Chou Bai Din’s travelling cabinet probably needs some moar expert Jewish-American counsel. Did anyone see very Big Lloyd Austin there?
Lloyd was busy checking out that new shipment of Rainbow colored underwear he ordered for the troops.
Joe is standing in for Richard Potato
Xi, is Time Magazine’s ‘Richard Potato’ of the year.
.
He said “he is a dictator in the sense”
Not the same as saying “he is a dictator”
This is bullshit hyperventilation.
Try that on your wife: “I only meant you’re a cunt in the sense ….”
My Joseph Robinhood Biden?
You are one hell of an actor.
I salute your skills.
Isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black or something? This country is a joke and will be a joke for a very long time.
Biden is a fucking train wreck. He has ruined the US and now is trying to destroy the whole world. The man is pure evil and deserves to be hanging from a White House balcony.
By his toes.
Biden’s party has a strong reverence for dictators – that of jealousy.
XI is a dictator…and so is diaper boy, America is as Communist as China. The political prisoners in both countries would agree.
What an epic fucking retard.