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.”

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    1 month ago

    I bet the superior Yi Ping Ping Pong doesn’t rape minors in China. That doesn’t mean I want his ass telling me what to do. Fuck that Winnie the Pooh wannabe bitch. But it means, he’s not Trump. But to be fair, Pooh probably orders lots of people’s executions per month. Trump orders McDonald’s. So there’s that difference too.