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.
It's a calculated insult and a challenge.
Occam's Razor says that Biden, a famously gaffe-prone politician, simply made a gaffe.
This is just a replay of the "Oh He's Just An Innocent Idiot" nonsense that was so popular around George Bush. People would say he's an idiot and didn't realize what he was doing, and that got him off the hook for the absolute atrocities he committed against not only the people of his own country but several others around the world. Don't give Biden the same treatment; don't let him off easy.
If it was a mistake, it's not a minor one; major "mistakes" like this warrant corrections after the fact, either from Biden directly or from White House communications. Since he hasn't corrected it, it's safe to assume it was intended.
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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. 🤔
If you find facts insulting, maybe it's because you live in a state of delusion?
You know that your remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But you are amusing yourself, for it is your adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since they believe in words. You delight in acting in bad faith, since you seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. You are completely aware of the absurdity of your reply.
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.
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