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Whether or not he meant it as intended, it comes out bad. And is a little scary.

A little context to calm 'you' down, perhaps...

To be able to control a population that size (1.45 BILLION) vs. USA (334.2 MILLION)...over 4 times the population takes a tough no-nonsense personality.

Just taking President Trump on his past performance, there's nothing there that would indicate his desire to be a 'King'. 

But, I can certainly understand his penchant to give swift justice to those that lied and cheated the American People out of the 2020 victory that was his.
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Think of President Xi. Central casting, brilliant guy. You know, when I say he’s brilliant, everyone says, ‘Oh that’s terrible,'” said Trump during the event. “Well, he runs 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. Smart, brilliant, everything perfect. There’s nobody in Hollywood like this guy. I got them to pay us $28 billion because they screwed our farmers for years.”

The way I read this is that Trump is thumbing his nose at Xi.

The statement "he runs 1.4 billion people with an iron fist" is a bit intimidating.  An iron fist?  How many crimes against humanity has he committed???  I see it as Trump finds his method of 'ruling' as admirable.
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The statement "he runs 1.4 billion people with an iron fist" is a bit intimidating.  An iron fist?  How many crimes against humanity has he committed???  I see it as Trump finds his method of 'ruling' as admirable.

Well, it sure doesn't take 20+ years to carry out legal executions in China.

They even send the family the bill for the cost of the bullet used to kill the condemned.
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The statement "he runs 1.4 billion people with an iron fist" is a bit intimidating.  An iron fist?  How many crimes against humanity has he committed???  I see it as Trump finds his method of 'ruling' as admirable.

The last sentence is the key. "I got them..."
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The last sentence is the key. "I got them..."

The last sentence doesn't vitiate the approval of Xi's methods of governance contained in the prior sentence.

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To his credit, I do believe Trump had a relationship with XI that enabled him to somewhat contain him.  He renegotiated 'terms' of tariffs with him and was successful.  Perhaps COVID was in retaliation??
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The problem that the MAGAS  have in defending this statement by Donald Trump is this is his history and it goes back to 2016 of giving shout outs to brutal dictators. If this was the first time he’s made this type of statement, I  could chalk it up to him being tired or stressed out. But this is not the first time.

He also did it earlier this year when he fretted over the pod that our military exercises with the South Korean military where provoking the North Korean dictator
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A little context to calm 'you' down, perhaps...

To be able to control a population that size (1.45 BILLION) vs. USA (334.2 MILLION)...over 4 times the population takes a tough no-nonsense personality.

Just taking President Trump on his past performance, there's nothing there that would indicate his desire to be a 'King'. 

But, I can certainly understand his penchant to give swift justice to those that lied and cheated the American People out of the 2020 victory that was his.



Thanks for calming me down./s But with Trump's personality, I can very well see how he would think it would be easier to govern in an iron fisted manner as he would as the CEO of his own company.

As far as "swift justice" to those that lied and cheated, sadly, nothing was proven in a court of law. So who is he going to give justice to?

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The problem that the MAGAS  have in defending this statement by Donald Trump is this is his history and it goes back to 2016 of giving shout outs to brutal dictators. If this was the first time he’s made this type of statement, I  could chalk it up to him being tired or stressed out. But this is not the first time.

He also did it earlier this year when he fretted over the pod that our military exercises with the South Korean military where provoking the North Korean dictator

He envies them that they are not inconvenienced by something as annoying as our constitution.

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I didn't watch the interview. Did Hannity challenge him at all on this answer? Nevermind, silly question Hannity worships the ground Trump walks on.
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Trump did not express admiration for Xi.

“He’s for China, I’m for the U.S., but other than that, we love each other.

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Stop lying, already.  Just stop.
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Xi Jinping must be laughing his ass off.

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While I get that in the corporate world, you can hire and fire unencumbered, and be as iron fisted as you like, the office of POTUS, despite Biden's numerous attempts, does not--and is not supposed to--work that way.

That is what the Constitution is for, for good or ill, to slow the changes brought by diffusing power. While that power has, unfortunately and likely unconstitutionally, been concentrated at the Federal level far beyond original intent, only relinquishing that power to the States might be effected with any rapidity by dissolving Executive Branch Departments, and reorganizing the rest. I am not sure how much power the POTUS has to do that in the face of Congressional objection, but it would be a good start. Much of the deep state is ensconced there (though hardly all of it), and eliminating those positions would likely be easier than eliminating the personnel entrenched in them.
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I see it as Trump finds his method of 'ruling' as admirable.

No

Xi probably said something flattering about Donald Trump and because of that, Donald Trump can’t bring himself to say anything negative about him
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Xi Jinping must be laughing his ass off.

I know I am after that quote
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I didn't watch the interview. Did Hannity challenge him at all on this answer? Nevermind, silly question Hannity worships the ground Trump walks on.

Hannity is one of the original sTRUMPettes. He’d never, ever challenge Trump.
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I do not understand why this triggers the need for mischaracterization and ridicule of Trump's comments.

Great leaders like Reagan were clear and concise in their communication.  99% of the time there was never need to defend or say his comments were mischaracterized.  Trump's orange minions are having to continually defend his silly comments 24/7.  I really believe Trump is deficient in either intelligence or a decent vocabulary. Words matter.

Of course, anyone claiming Trump was a great leader are suffering massive delusional problems.
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....  I really believe Trump is deficient in either intelligence or a decent vocabulary.

Words matter.

So do results. 

Xi was contained, paying our tariffs and staying away from both Russian and Taiwan; Putin never crossed a border;  Kim Jong Un was releasing prisoners, not taking them;  Serbia and Kosovo signed the normalized trade agreement in the Oval Office brokered by Trump;  the Middle East Abraham Peace Accords brokered by Trump and signed at the WH;  US oil and gas independence and dominance in the global market, slowing Russia's rising influence.

It appears not everyone had trouble understanding Trump's words @catfish1957




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Great leaders like Reagan were clear and concise in their communication.  99% of the time there was never need to defend or say his comments were mischaracterized.  Trump's orange minions are having to continually defend his silly comments 24/7.  I really believe Trump is deficient in either intelligence or a decent vocabulary. Words matter.

Of course, anyone claiming Trump was a great leader are suffering massive delusional problems.

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Is it such a problem for Trump supporters to admit that his mouth is a problem/flaw in the guy?

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I respect your opinion. But I see it as polarized.

Guilty as charged.  But if you can find that hint of a shred of where Trump criticized Xi Jinping's repression in his comments, please do.

I think we've all heard Presidents of (usually) both parties criticize repressive regimes for a long time.  That's what we're used to hearing our President's standing against.  Even if it is a pseudo-ally like Saudi Arabia, we'll at least mumble apologetically for overlooking their human rights record.  We certain don't praise tendencies towards repression.

When I read the headline, I figured it could not possibly be a direct quote.  There's just no way an American President would ever state his admiration for a foreign dictator because he ruled with an "iron fist".  I thought someone had to have paraphrased badly or just made it up.

Turns out that's exactly what Trump said, and that's just stunning to me.
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Is it such a problem for Trump supporters to admit that his mouth is a problem/flaw in the guy?

Apparently, yes.

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Is it such a problem for Trump supporters to admit that his mouth is a problem/flaw in the guy?

Why do you insist the problem is Trump's @Weird Tolkienish Figure ?   Not everyone has a problem with his words.


Xi was contained, paying our tariffs and staying away from both Russian and Taiwan; Putin never crossed a border;  Kim Jong Un was releasing prisoners, not taking them;  Serbia and Kosovo signed the normalized trade agreement in the Oval Office brokered by Trump;  the Middle East Abraham Peace Accords brokered by Trump and signed at the WH;  Trump brought the US oil and gas independence and dominance in the global market, slowing Russia's rising influence.

It appears not everyone had trouble understanding Trump's words.

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Is it such a problem for Trump supporters to admit that his mouth is a problem/flaw in the guy?

I think Trump himself already has answered that one on behalf of his supporters:

"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot someone and I wouldn't lose voters"

Those people would defend literally anything he says or does.

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Is it such a problem for Trump supporters to admit that his mouth is a problem/flaw in the guy?

Human nature

Emotional bonds cause us to  defend the indefensible

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