LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Joe Biden didn’t flinch Wednesday when asked if he would still refer to Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a “dictator.” (Watch the video below.) “Well, look, he is!” the president told reporters after he met with Xi in Woodside, California. “I mean, he’s a dictator in the sense that he is a guy who runs a country that is a communist country based on a form of government totally different than ours.”AdvertisementThe honest assessment may have undermined the diplomatic vibe of their face-to-face chat and certainly angered Chinese officials. “Such a remark is extremely wrong and is irresponsible political manipulation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said, according to The Associated Press. AdvertisementBiden pretty much called Xi a dictator back in June also.

Source: Huffington Post November 17, 2023 02:35 UTC