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fujiyamasan

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19. The big difference is that Xi is a well educated ass hole

Reply to AZLD4Candidate (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 05:25 AM

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Who has a long term vision for his country. I’m not saying I like his vision (he has firmly cemented his place as a dictator who has basically brushed all dissent). It also involves hegemony of all of east Asia.

But his vision, unlike Trump’s goes well beyond enriching just himself, his family, and cronies (those values are all embedded within the communist system anyways). But Xi is disciplined and single minded. His goal is to displace the US as the number one economic and military global power, and they’re well on their way of achieving it, because let me crudely put it, the US under Trump is getting very good at stepping on its own dick.

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Trump responds to Xi's 'Thucydides Trap' comment about America's decline [View all] AZLD4Candidate May 15 OP

Talk about clueless nwduke May 15 #1

I don't think that is stupidity RussBLib May 15 #6

Well nwduke May 15 #18

Xi never mentioned Biden Farmer-Rick May 15 #2

Xi said 'Can China and the U.S. overcome the 'Thucydides Trap' - pretty present reference dave99 May 15 #17

Trump can't even say "Thucydides" these days hoosierspud May 15 #3

He probably thinks Thucydides The Madcap May 15 #5

I'd pay money to see him try to spell it. nt eppur_se_muova May 15 #7

"He's an asshole that other assholes says 'now that's an asshole.'" Ocelot II May 15 #4

Repetition.... live love laugh May 15 #8

He can't pronounce it and he louis-t May 15 #9

It almost seems to me, and I am not cksmithy May 15 #10

Weak. Martin68 May 15 #11

The Soviets and the Americans avoided this trap, although we did have regional spats via proxies across the globe, SWBTATTReg May 15 #12

The Chinese were also the only people denied immigration rights under the 1871 Chinese Exclusion Act. AZLD4Candidate May 15 #13

Nice to cite 80-year-old and older bills. Here are other denied entry besides just China... SWBTATTReg May 15 #14

I'm not denying that and I am not denying the history of xenophobia in this country. AZLD4Candidate May 15 #15

Me either. It's a stain that we all unfortunately have to live with, try to make amends. Unfortunately, w/ the POS in SWBTATTReg May 15 #16

The big difference is that Xi is a well educated ass hole fujiyamasan Saturday #19