Trump, in Beijing, shifts blame for trade imbalance from China to his predecessors

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Fuck You, Don Trump.....just Fuck You.

After days of basking in the flattery of other world leaders, President Trump dished out some of his own Thursday, bestowing kind words and gestures on an unlikely counterpart, China’s Xi Jinping, a communist leader who just tightened his grip on power in a country Trump accused during the campaign of “raping” U.S. workers.

Trump called Xi “a very special man” with whom he has “great chemistry.” He congratulated Xi on the recent Communist Party Congress, which gave new authority to the Chinese leader. And although he challenged Xi on the economy and the “menace” of North Korea, he cast more blame on his American predecessors than on Xi for the trade imbalance.

“I don’t blame China," Trump said at a ceremony involving U.S. and Chinese business leaders. "Who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens? I give China great credit.”

Xi set the table for the cozy mood by playing the role of gracious host. He unfurled the gilded trappings of the Chinese Communist Party for Trump, complete with goose-stepping soldiers, a 21-gun salute on Tiananmen Square and an elaborate banquet in the Great Hall of the People. At the state dinner, he played a video montage of their time together that included Trump’s granddaughter, Arabella, singing in Chinese, recorded during Xi’s visit to Palm Beach, Fla., in April.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-fg-trump-china-20171109-story.html

[Angry Dragon]

1. Trump plays the game well

[Blue_Tires]

2. Ugh...

During the campaign he inflates his ballsack bigger than Manhattan screeching everywhere that he was going to put Beijing in check... But now that the rent is due he wants to be Mr. Go Along to Get Along...

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Donnie must have gotten his

Gambling license for his new Hotel in Macau.

[Botany]

4. and what happened to Don's, "From day @#1 I will demand a level playing field."

I wonder how much Trump owes China?

[Kirk Lover]

5. The lack of loyalty this man displays to the United States is blatant and offensive.

He wants to say some BULLSHIT about the anthem. I really really don't care for this man.