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Xi bringing up Thucydides while talking to Trump is so hilarious and mean

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It would be mean if trump understood what happened. He of course did not, and plowed ahead with his usual braggadocious fuckery and absurd fawning flattery of a fellow authoritarian.

He's sticking with what he knows, that's good

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Chinese restaurants in America today outnumber the five largest fast foods in the United States all combined. That's a pretty big statement."

Are you not surprised that he did not say Chinese food is the best food he has ever had, that the Chinese are very good cooks, and he is thinking of hiring one for special dinners at Mar-Lago.

As someone else pointed out elsewhere, he is reading these idiotic comments, so even his usual drifting onto other topics is being "managed" for him.

All the business worms pile onto Air Force One to go try to get their beaks wet while the president gets Doctor J windmill dunked on at a state dinner in the Great Hall of the People

Yeah, apparently came into some sort of vogue after I was through with grad school. It's not a, ah, particularly robust framework but oh well

TRUMP SAYS HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT AMERICAN'S FINANCIAL SITUATION. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, HE TOLD AMERICANS TO GO FUCK THEMSELVES! NOW, HE WANTS US TO PAY FOR HIS BALLROOM! REAL GOOD JOB TO THOSE AMERICAN DICKHEADS WHO VOTED FOR THIS NARCISSIST.

Blatantly insulting Trump to his face in the language of politics so Trump can’t understand. Everyone observed the insult, and all who mattered understood the reference and would be made aware that Trump didn’t. An extremely clever move that debases Trump without even tipping him off.

If anybody tries to explain to Trump who Thucydides was, he'll hear "general" and start claiming Xi compared him to this great guy "Thu-dee-da-da" because "Xi says I do war like nobody's ever seen. I always win. He hopes I don't want China. But that's OK. I'm gonna take Cuba next!"

It’s absolutely going to be one of those things that Trump gets really mad about once he’s had time to watch the news and piece together what actually happened.