“Managing 1.4 billion people with an iron fist”

former president donald trump praise chinese president Xi Jinping Once again at a town hall with the Fox News host Sean Hannity On Tuesday, he called China’s leader a “smart man” who “rules 1.4 billion people with an iron fist”.

“Think about President Xi. Central casting, brilliant guy. You know, when I say he’s smart, everyone goes, ‘Oh, that sucks,'” Trump said at the event. “Well, he rules 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. Clever, clever, all perfect. No one in Hollywood like this guy. I made them pay $28 billion for cheating our farmers for years.”

Trump frequently praises President Xi Jinping, as well as other hostile foreign leaders, including the Russian president vladimir putin and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

At a campaign rally in March, Trump called President Xi “smart and capable.”The following month, in an interview Tucker CarlsonTrump said: “President Xi is a brilliant man. If you go all over Hollywood looking for someone to play the role of President Xi, you can’t find it. There is no such person. Looks, brains, the whole thing. We have a great relationship .”

2020, Trump Famous His administration’s relationship with China, declaring, “He supports China and I support America, but other than that, we love each other.”

Trump has also previously commented on President Xi Jinping’s “iron-fisted” governance, and in 2018 hailed the Chinese leader as “Chairman for Life”.

“He’s now president for life,” Trump said. “President for life. He’s great. Look, he can do it. I think it’s great. Maybe one day we’ll try it.”

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