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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      This the fucking world my dad wants us to live in. He begged me tonight to please vote Trump he going save us.

      Wonder what my dad would think about this? He hates China says Trump hates China and will make them pay with tariffs. I tried to explain that we pay those not China but it wss like talking to a brike wall.

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        My dad’s the same way, he hasn’t pleaded with me about my vote but that may only be because I don’t talk to him.
        Have you seen “The Brainwashing of My Dad”? I think that’s what it’s called, a friend recommended it to me and I need to make some time for it, sounds like it covers the impact of garbage like fox news on old men

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    This is the 100% the “how did the other Germans, who weren’t nazis, just let it all happen?” period. Gives you a bit more empathy for just how helpless those people must have felt and how complex those developing emotions must have been.

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    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.

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    You know what it reminds me of? A royal wedding 💍💒…

    We pronounce you dictator and orange goo. You may now smear the orange goo all over your face 😈.

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