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The President's "very, very large brain"

Stevicus

Stevicus

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Political rhetoric just gets weirder and weirder. From I've "got the bigger nuclear button" to I have a "very, very large brain."

President Trump cites China's respect for his 'very, very large brain'

President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that Chinasupposedly respects him for his "very, very large brain," during a news conference where he addressed wide-ranging issues including trade, North Korea and mounting allegations of sexual misconductagainst Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanuagh.

Trump also doubled down on his earlier accusations that Beijing was looking to meddle in the U.S. congressional elections later this year, but did not offer any specific details. He said China would like to see Trump lose an election because "they've never been challenged like this."
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"From what I hear, if you look at Mr. Pillsbury, the leading authority on China ... he was saying that China has total respect for Donald Trump and for Donald Trump's very, very large brain. He said, Donald Trump, they don't know what to do," Trump said.

The president was likely referring to Michael Pillsbury, who is senior fellow and director for Chinese strategy at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank. Pillsbury told Fox News last month that Beijing viewed Trump as a "superior" president out of the last five or six American leaders that dealt with China and that he was "so smart."

"It's refreshing to see this level of respect for the United States, I haven't seen it in 40 years. Usually the Chinese look down on us as not being very bright," the China-watcher had told the network.
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Anthem

Anthem

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Asians are like that. When they like you they do business with you. When they know they will have to kill you they call you smart and shake your hand.

The foreigners never realize it until it's too late.
 
metis

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
Stevicus said:
President Trump cites China's respect for his 'very, very large brain'
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When he said that, my wife and I looked at each other in utter amazement and broke down laughing.

I've been following politics quite closely since the '60's, and I have never before seen such an utterly bizarre news conference by a president. He kept cutting people off even before they finished their question, rambled on and on with how great he is, and I have to wonder if those at Politifact committed suicide after it was over because I have to believe they're so thoroughly overloaded.
 
Stevicus

Stevicus

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Anthem said:
Asians are like that. When they like you they do business with you. When they know they will have to kill you they call you smart and shake your hand.

The foreigners never realize it until it's too late.
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Perhaps, although Trump is also worried about Chinese agents in the U.S.

A new Chinese spying charge and sharpening rhetoric further poison U.S.-China relations - with no end in sight - Los Angeles Times

Although the U.S. and Chinese economies are deeply entwined, some fear that the Trump administration is intent on decoupling them, a strategy that would have a seismic effect on the global economy.

In his latest swipe at China, Trump accused Beijing of interfering in the November U.S. midterm election because it does not want him to win after his tough actions on trade.

"Regrettably, we found that China has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election ... against my administration," Trump said in a speech to world leaders at the U.N. on Wednesday. "They do not want me, or us, to win because I am the first president ever to challenge China on trade."
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