Ringside at the Reckoning

Ringside at the Reckoning

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Biden calls Xi a dictator, heads explode

Biden calls Xi a dictator, heads explode

But there are better reasons to be concerned with his approach to China

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Paul Mirengoff
Jun 23, 2023
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On Tuesday, at a fundraiser in San Francisco, Joe Biden referred to Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a “dictator.” In speaking of the belated downing of the Chinese spy balloon, Biden suggested that Xi had been kept in the dark about the matter. He added, “That’s what’s a great embarrassment for dictators — when they didn’t know what happened.”

Biden’s no dictator, but I suspect he well understands the embarrassment associated with not knowing “what happened.”

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