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Proto Commie Alert! ‘I think it’s great’: Trump praises COMMUNIST Xi Jinping after China scraps presidential term limits
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Ludwig Von Mises
May 12, 2018, 2:10:36 PM5/12/18
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‘I think it’s great’: Trump praises Xi Jinping after China scraps
presidential term limits
By Staff Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping
Saturday after the ruling Communist party announced it was
eliminating the two-term limit for the presidency, paving the way
for Xi to serve indefinitely, according to audio aired by CNN.
“He’s now president for life, president for life. And he’s great,”
Trump said, according to audio of excerpts of Trump’s remarks at a
closed-door fundraiser in Florida aired by CNN. “And look, he was
able to do that. I think it’s great. Maybe we’ll have to give that
a shot someday,” Trump said to cheers and applause from
supporters.
U.S. presidents by tradition served a maximum of two four-year
terms until President Franklin Roosevelt was elected a record four
times starting in 1932. An amendment to the U.S. Constitution
approved in 1951 limits presidents to two terms in office.
China’s annual parliament gathering kicks off on Monday as Xi
presses ahead with efforts to ward off financial risks without
undermining the economy. The Communist party announced on Feb 25
the end of the two-term limit for the president – and the
parliament is expected to ratify the move.
During the remarks, Trump praised Xi as “a great gentleman” and
added: “He’s the most powerful (Chinese) president in a hundred
years.” Trump said Xi had treated him “tremendously well” during
his visit in November.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for
comment late Saturday.
Trump has often praised Xi, but in January Trump told Reuters the
United States was considering a big “fine” as part of a probe into
China’s alleged theft of intellectual property. He has been
critical of China’s trade policies.
Trump told The New York Times in December that because of North
Korea he had “been soft on China because the only thing more
important to me than trade is war.”
presidential term limits
By Staff Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping
Saturday after the ruling Communist party announced it was
eliminating the two-term limit for the presidency, paving the way
for Xi to serve indefinitely, according to audio aired by CNN.
“He’s now president for life, president for life. And he’s great,”
Trump said, according to audio of excerpts of Trump’s remarks at a
closed-door fundraiser in Florida aired by CNN. “And look, he was
able to do that. I think it’s great. Maybe we’ll have to give that
a shot someday,” Trump said to cheers and applause from
supporters.
U.S. presidents by tradition served a maximum of two four-year
terms until President Franklin Roosevelt was elected a record four
times starting in 1932. An amendment to the U.S. Constitution
approved in 1951 limits presidents to two terms in office.
China’s annual parliament gathering kicks off on Monday as Xi
presses ahead with efforts to ward off financial risks without
undermining the economy. The Communist party announced on Feb 25
the end of the two-term limit for the president – and the
parliament is expected to ratify the move.
During the remarks, Trump praised Xi as “a great gentleman” and
added: “He’s the most powerful (Chinese) president in a hundred
years.” Trump said Xi had treated him “tremendously well” during
his visit in November.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for
comment late Saturday.
Trump has often praised Xi, but in January Trump told Reuters the
United States was considering a big “fine” as part of a probe into
China’s alleged theft of intellectual property. He has been
critical of China’s trade policies.
Trump told The New York Times in December that because of North
Korea he had “been soft on China because the only thing more
important to me than trade is war.”
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