Donald Trump's Past Unsettling Praise Of Xi Raises Eyebrows Online Amid Summit

Footage from Trump's 2024 campaign is circulating on social media.

Donald Trump’s past eyebrow-raising praise of Chinese President Xi Jinping has resurfaced as the US president attends a two-day summit in Beijing.

Footage from Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign has been circulating on social media, showing him speaking admiringly about Xi and his power over the one-party state that is frequently criticised over human rights abuses.

“He controls 1.4 billion people with an iron fist,” Trump said at one event.

“They want me to say he’s just of average intelligence, OK,” he continued. “But the look, the whole thing — he stands in front of a million soldiers, they walk........

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