Former President Donald Trump heaped praise on authoritarian Chinese President Xi Jinping during a lengthy interview Friday with the podcaster Joe Rogan.

“We’re dealing with the smartest people,” Trump said, referring to the leaders of U.S. adversaries, about an hour and a half into their conversation.

“They hate when I say, you know, when the press — when I called President Xi, [the press] said, ‘Well, he called President Xi brilliant.’ Well, he’s a brilliant guy. He controls 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. I mean, he’s a brilliant guy, whether you like it or not. And they go crazy.”

  • ballskicker@sh.itjust.works
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    21 days ago

    My dad’s the same way, he hasn’t pleaded with me about my vote but that may only be because I don’t talk to him.
    Have you seen “The Brainwashing of My Dad”? I think that’s what it’s called, a friend recommended it to me and I need to make some time for it, sounds like it covers the impact of garbage like fox news on old men

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      21 days ago

      I’ve actually heard using parental to controls to block Fox News magically turns right wingers into decent human beings/otherkin forced to live as human beings.

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        21 days ago

        Note that you may have to deal with symptoms similar to addicts coming off their high, because that’s exactly what it is.