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Donald Trump Says He Calls China's Leader 'King' and Xi Likes It Like That
Source: Newsweek
DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE CALLS CHINA’S LEADER ‘KING’ AND XI LIKES IT LIKE THAT
BY BRENDAN COLE ON 4/3/19 AT 7:42 AM EDT
President Donald Trump has boasted about his friendly relationship with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, saying that flattery clearly works.
Despite strained ties between the two countries amid a lengthy trade war, the U.S. president told a fundraising dinner in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday that he stroked Xi’s ego by calling him a monarch.
“President Xi, who is a strong man, I call him ‘king’,” Trump told the crowd.
“He said, ‘But I am not king, I am president.’ I said, ‘No, you are president for life, and therefore you are king.’ He said, ‘Huh…huh.’ He liked that. I call him ‘king’. I get along with him great,” Trump said, prompting laughter, CNN reported.
Trump said he made the remark to Xi when he went to Beijing in November 2017, although the “president-for-life” reference did not coincide with the abolition of the term limit of the Chinese head of state, which had been 10 years.
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BY BRENDAN COLE ON 4/3/19 AT 7:42 AM EDT
President Donald Trump has boasted about his friendly relationship with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, saying that flattery clearly works.
Despite strained ties between the two countries amid a lengthy trade war, the U.S. president told a fundraising dinner in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday that he stroked Xi’s ego by calling him a monarch.
“President Xi, who is a strong man, I call him ‘king’,” Trump told the crowd.
“He said, ‘But I am not king, I am president.’ I said, ‘No, you are president for life, and therefore you are king.’ He said, ‘Huh…huh.’ He liked that. I call him ‘king’. I get along with him great,” Trump said, prompting laughter, CNN reported.
Trump said he made the remark to Xi when he went to Beijing in November 2017, although the “president-for-life” reference did not coincide with the abolition of the term limit of the Chinese head of state, which had been 10 years.
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Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-he-calls-chinas-leader-king-and-xi-likes-it-1384497
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