I mean, yeah, he is a dictator. How is this news?
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I understand it to be geopolitically significant. Biden, head of state for a big country. Xi, head of state for another big country. China's made it known they don't want Xi called a dictator. Biden's done it anyway.
It's the scale of the thing that matters here. It's a political statement of gravity. He's calling any bluff they've got going, and demonstrating that the USA doesn't respect China enough to use their preferred nomenclature. It's a calculated insult and a challenge.
A challenge yes, but hard to see as an insult by the audience as while the term isn't flattering in a modern context it's closer to how Xi has aligned himself.
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I'll wait for some proof. Until then we can keep celebrating the victories of the world's largest democracy.
But US supreme leaders have never been ones to tell the truth nor back it up.
Can't wait till China has had enough shit from US and starts cutting US off economically.
Yep, a dictator in all but name. Glad Biden called it out... quite a contrast to the sucking up the previous president was infamous for.
It's really an interesting move to insult the leader of a country that you just had a meeting with in order to reverse deteriorating relations. 🤔
The fact that US is run by utter imbeciles has been pretty evident for a while now.
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