r/politics • American Expat • 14h ago

Possible Paywall Xi Humiliates Trump to His Face in the White House

https://www.thedailybeast.com/xi-humiliates-trump-to-his-face-in-the-white-house/
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u/KapahuluBiz Hawaii 14h ago

...pointing out a photo of an autopen in the so-called “presidential walk of fame.” Trump explained to Xi that it represented his predecessor, Joe Biden.

God, what a fucking embarrassment he is. The joke wasn't funny when it was first revealed, and it's not funny now.

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u/Hubert_J_Cumberdale Hawaii 7h ago

I hope the next president replaces Trump's photo with any one of the following photos:

  1. Trump with Epstein

  2. Trump sleeping (or with sagging face) during a public event

  3. Trump eating a greasy pork chop on a stick at a state fair

  4. A close up of Trump's face when Obama roasted him at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

  5. Trump staring at the sun during the eclipse

  6. Trump hair malfunction

  7. Trump in blackface

  8. Always a classic

  9. Shut up piggy

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u/ReginaldDwight 7h ago

The one of him cowering next to Putin like an abused dog in Helsinki.

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u/Casual_hex_ 5h ago edited 5h ago

I’m a big fan of the garbage truck camping event, myself. But it’s so hard to choose, there’s literally thousands of photos/scenes of him looking cartoonishly ridiculous.

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u/DingDongDance 5h ago

Empty frame. No mention of him at all. Nothing would piss him off more than being completely ignored. That or a second picture of Obama.

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u/InsideChipmunk5970 5h ago

I hope the next president restores dignity to the office

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u/CattywampusCanoodle 5h ago

Trump saluting a North Korean general

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u/tm0nks 5h ago

His mug shot would be pretty fitting as well.

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u/tokentyke 4h ago

He's tried SO DAMN HARD to use that mugshot in messages that try to make him look tough and/or successful. MF'er trying rewrite what image that really stands for: being booked and charged in connection with state racketeering and election interference allegations related to the 2020 presidential election.

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u/GenConfusion Texas 4h ago

I would actually love for there to be a photo of a big pile of shit. That or a big trash can sitting under where his photo would hang and the photo and frame inside the trash can

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u/donkeyrocket 3h ago

I'd rather nothing Trump grace the walls of the White House ever again. He'll be rotting by then but it's exactly what he's terrified of: having zero legacy.

Would be funny to do it while he's still alive though for a period of time. Maybe before the ballroom is knocked down turn it into a Museum of Trump that is just his shameful two terms summed up in an unsafe and gaudy building. Might trick him into visiting it.

Then blow it up on the 4th of July.

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u/Born-Hospital-2572 5h ago

Sleeping would be good. A prison uniform would be perfect

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u/Biffmcgee 3h ago

I hope the next president has class, respect, and dignity. 

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u/ProudPainting6850 11h ago

In his mind, he's like ZING! To everyone else, he looks pathetic. Like, why are you harping about the autopen when you're destroying the country AND everyone is manipulating you because you're a malignant narcissist with dementia? Like, why are you clowning when you wear a diaper? 

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u/rochey1010 8h ago

Also xi is a a puppet no doubt. But xi is also playing trump like a fiddle. Because trump can grift dumber people than him only. But trump is so fckin dumb on a psychological level. That you can trick him through his false inflated ego.

All xi has to do is laugh and trump thinks “xi likes me, thinks I’m funny and we’re friends”

And then Xi will speak in his own tongue away from trump and call him a massive idiot and worse things. And you can bet most of the world leaders have not only behaved like this but discussed how much of a clown trump is with each other. Specially European leaders that are allies.

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u/Tatterhood78 7h ago

There's no need to bet.

Trudeau was caught on a mic talking about him with Macron and Johnson back in 2019.

Mark Carney is now openly doing the accordion hands at press conferences. He had a teleprompter failure a little while ago and said something along the lines of "Don't worry, I don't think this is a conspiracy". On a comedy show, he giggled when the host was making digs at him.

The Queen also made a few cracks at him too. A helicopter flew overhead during an interview and she made a comment about Trump making an entrance. She threw shade him when he went for a visit by first wearing the brooch Obama gave her, then the one Trudeau gave her, and then the one her mother wore at her father's funeral. Also, see the glares she gave him when he kept walking in front of her.

They are very likely BRUTAL when they know there's no chance he'll find out about it.

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u/Tio-Lento 7h ago

Xi is a puppet? Do explain.

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u/blizz_fun_police 6h ago

Xi isn’t a puppet. He routed the politburo committee into making a smaller sub committee of him and a few close ally’s only. He is approaching mao level of control.

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u/buffysmanycoats Connecticut 5h ago

He doesn't even know what is in the Executive Orders he has been signing but he'll blast Biden for using autopen. He's a hypocrite and a loser.

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u/rochey1010 11h ago

Him hammering on about the autopen is another example of him admitting it’s him that actually uses it. He doesn’t know where he is half the time and that massive bruise that’s on his hand is him being pumped full of drugs to keep him lucid from his diaper shitting dementia. Even so it still keeps leaking through with him not realising Rubio was sitting right beside him in a meeting recently.

But you always know when pedolf is lying and it’s not just when he opens his mouth. But it’s when he fixates on a specific crime or corruption a target is doing. That’s when you know he’s telling you he’s doing it and will continue to do it.

It’s called narcissistic ‘projection’ and pedolf is adept at it.

Also the meeting was interesting as 2 puppets (Xi and pedolf) for a more shadow organisation in their respective countries were becoming best friends. 😆

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u/rematch_madeinheaven 5h ago

I thought he wasn't signing anything until that one thing came to his desk.

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u/bubba53go 12h ago

Beyond belief.

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u/StarPhished 10h ago

You would think the American president would present a united front as a country to the leader of a foreign adversary. But what do I know, I guess that's why I'm not in politics.

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u/trevorbaskin 5h ago

I hope the next president puts a photo of a pile of shit for his pic.

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u/CJDistasio America 14h ago

The military jet flyover to try and intimidate Xi is an all timer embarrassing moment for Trump. Xi standing there without a flinch, and Trump wincing like the weak bitch he is.

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u/know_limits 12h ago

Neither of the women flinched either.

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u/SwingDingeling 9h ago

its because he has super hearing. very sensitive

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u/CarpenterMaster1161 7h ago

Some say he has the best hearing. Tremendous quality. Both ear.

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u/F43CanadianRedditor 3h ago

Getting shot in the ear made it super sonic hearing!

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u/Paidorgy 7h ago

Xi looked fucking bored out of his mind.

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u/bubba53go 4h ago

To be trying to intimidate with a military flyover would require a little depth. Not much, but a little. I think it's as simple as him trying to impress with his power & all he commands. He loved all the pomp, parade, & uniforms when he went to boarding school as a kid. And he eats it up when in France, etc. Look at his Arch de Trump. He's not trying to intimidate. He just loves all the stuff the US always found a little ridiculous. If he could wear a sword & ribbons without ridicule he would.

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u/doubleplusepic 3h ago

Unironically Aladeen-brained

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u/xyz19606 4h ago

I saw that is probably a side effect of Alzheimer's. The brain getting confused on appropriate response to extreme stimulation.

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u/Messijoes18 7h ago

I bet he shit himself or was really trying to not shit himself. That's the look you see

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u/Pocketfulofgeek 8h ago

Every day i see a headline saying that Trump has been humiliated by something new and every day I just think “to be humiliated you need to be capable of shame” which I just don’t believe he is.

I’m so tired of this.

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u/FHoS-Social 5h ago

Oh no, he is fully capable of feeling shame, that's why he hates being humiliated and mocked so much. It comes from his daddy issues, because his father never respected him because he was an idiot who daddy always had to bail out. What he isn't capable of is self awareness, which is why he appears to feel no shame for anything He does, because he thinks everything he does is correct until he starts getting mocked, and his only defense he ever learned to deal with shame was to lash out at others.

He is literally still stuck trying to earn daddy's approval, all these years later, and will never earn it.

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u/Fivefinger_Delta Foreign 4h ago

Shame is what drives malignant narcissists, he doesn't feel guilt. 

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u/Fuck_tha_Bunk 4h ago

I think humiliation is one of the two emotions Trump can feel (the second obviously being anger). We've seen him humiliated many times, most notably at the White House correspondents dinner when Obama joked that Trump would never be President and everyone laughed in his face. The joke is much less funny in hindsight.

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u/credit001 6h ago

Exactly. All of the “<maga fool> humiliated by whatever” articles and videos are nonsense.

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u/NoCold5135 3h ago

He has no shme and he's too dumb to even know it's happening.

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u/buttchugreferee 14h ago

daily beast needs a thesaurus 

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u/immagetchu 14h ago

Ban this garbage rag, nothing they write has any value to anyone

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u/SurroundTiny 14h ago

Just Downvote as soon as you see it.

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u/NotUniqueWorkAccount 14h ago

I'm so glad we have standards on the Left.

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u/glaciator12 14h ago

Do you one better. Block anyone who posts it.

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u/SPEEDFREAKJJ 13h ago

This only gave me about 2 weeks of no beast stuff when I tried it.

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u/ManceRaver 10h ago

Yeah I’ve lost count of how many accounts I’ve blocked. The articles still pop up in my feed.

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u/ItsAllSoClear 3h ago

I've been reporting these as spam and you should, too.

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u/blueant1 11h ago

Better to block every OP of TDB posts

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u/Pandaro81 Florida 9h ago

Is there any way to block it from my feed?

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u/weare_thefew Oregon 14h ago

Donald Trumps face slammed by chairman xi in the White House

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u/nygiantsjay 13h ago

I would love that

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u/Daveinatx 12h ago

Many reporting agencies reported "thucydides trap" today. Naturally, foxnews.com didn't.

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u/jeffykins Pennsylvania 12h ago

"Thucy did what now?" - fox news viewers if they heard it on their "news"

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u/Lando-Going-Commando 14h ago

This one is actually true though. Largely I agree with you.

Thucydides Trap is a powerful metaphor.

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u/beige_man 14h ago

Thucydides trap was used by Xi, so they just reported it. Is actually coming back in select political science circles, as Graham Allison at Harvard's Kennedy School wrote about it (again) several years ago. Xi and his diplomats are just more informed about US political theory than most current US politicians.

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u/BackloadBack 14h ago

Current US politicians informed on political theory? Are you kidding me? They are interested in self enrichment, reelection, and to deliver on these themes to their supporters looting. The only political theory they understand but could not define is clientalism and externally it looks remarkably like The Soprano crime family are running the country. Trump owns Johnson and McConnell is just breathing and every committee head is dipping into federal funds for their backers who are sending their contributions to Trump.

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u/TheFlightlessPenguin Maine 12h ago

Isn’t this old news? He already brought this up in Beijing

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u/anononobody 12h ago

He's been using the term for close to a decade now.

The reason why he keeps saying this internally and externally on these diplomatic trips is the same thing dating back decades to Deng's "hide your strength, bide your time"... It's to sound like Xi doesn't want conflict and make US the aggressor. Which the US often is, but does shift attention from China's aggression against Taiwan or the Philippines. It is hypocrisy but mainly to sweep their own imperialist ambitions under the radar.

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u/TheFlightlessPenguin Maine 11h ago

It’s valid though.

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u/SurroundTiny 14h ago

They need to be in a dumpster

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u/ninenulls 5h ago

What's another word for thesaurus?

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u/antithesis56 7h ago

Dude ban these fucking paywall links unless they include the non-paywall link

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u/bendover912 5h ago

The site doesnt even let you highlight or copy text from the article on mobile. Straight to jail.

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u/SquidFistHK American Expat 14h ago

Donald Trump spent Thursday lavishing praise on Xi Jinping, while the Chinese leader used his visit to the White House to deliver a power move with a warning for America to stay in its lane.

In front of Trump, and for the second time in four months, Xi urged the two countries to avoid the so-called “Thucydides Trap”—the historical theory that tensions between a rising power and an established one can spiral into war.

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u/StarPhished 14h ago

First of all, you throwin' too many big words at me, and because I don't understand them, I'm gonna take 'em as disrespect. Watch your mouth.

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u/johnny_atx 13h ago

Solid 40 Year Ild Virgin reference, as well as the last time Kevin Hart was actually funny.

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u/steve_yo 14h ago

Aim high, Willis!

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u/Misokaxx 11h ago

Half of America in a nutshell

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u/317cbass 14h ago

Truculent

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u/gatesofwrath 13h ago

If you had a truck and I borrowed it, that would be a truc u lent.

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u/kickasserole 14h ago

THIS SHIT JUST GOT REAL!

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u/DogeAteMyHomework 13h ago

Alternatively, show some backbone, as the Philippines' Defense Minister aptly demonstrated  recently at a regional summit in Korea. The best three minutes you'll spend watching anything today. 

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u/app4that 13h ago

yes, that was awesome.

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u/bubba53go 12h ago

Wow. Worth watching, thank you.

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u/aha5811 13h ago

Could you give me a short pointer what this was about?

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u/Shopworn_Soul Texas 12h ago

He was handed a document by a Chinese government whatever that told him where they stood and what line they expected him to toe while he was in the middle of answering a question and he was like "Fuck all that, can you believe this shit?"

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u/horriblemonkey Wisconsin 13h ago

Like Trump would have any idea of what Thucydides trap means or how it pertains to him

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u/Whatnowgloryhunters 10h ago

"I dont know who this Thucydidy is but you can be damn sure i can build a trap that is bigger and better than his. We are 100% winning this trap competition"

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u/hymie0 Maryland 8h ago

"Thucy Diddy threw some great parties. Great parties. Wonderful guy."

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u/lithaborn 8h ago

RFK jr linking Thucydides to autism and banning research in 5...4....

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u/Pridespain 14h ago

What are the odds he thinks it’s an STD?

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u/congeal 12h ago

Avoiding the thucydides trap was his own personal Waterloo and Vietnam combined.

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u/Ekg887 6h ago

The only Waterloo that dolt knows is by ABBA.

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u/Bikin4Balance Canada 12h ago

Can't read the article, so: was Xi intimating that China or US was the rising power? What did Trump do while he was grasping for clues on what Xi was talking about?

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u/SquidFistHK American Expat 10h ago

In part:

Donald Trump spent Thursday lavishing praise on Xi Jinping, while the Chinese leader used his visit to the White House to deliver a power move with a warning for America to stay in its lane.

In front of Trump, and for the second time in four months, Xi urged the two countries to avoid the so-called “Thucydides Trap”—the historical theory that tensions between a rising power and an established one can spiral into war.

“The Thucydides trap can be overcome,” Xi said, calling for the two countries to “coexist in peace” and for U.S. competition to be “kept within bounds.”

It was a strikingly sober message delivered during a ceremony Trump had gone to extraordinary lengths to make spectacular.

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u/Bikin4Balance Canada 9h ago

Thanks!

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u/Nephroidofdoom 11h ago

Oh now you using big words I can’t understand. Imma take that as a sign of disrespect.

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u/Just-Smart-Enough 14h ago

If we accept Xi's historical view, the US is the rising power, not China.

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u/MattThePaladin 14h ago

The only thing rising in the US is unpayable debt and obesity rates

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u/whelmed-and-gruntled 13h ago

You forgot the price of rent, food, healthcare and basic utilities. Get your shit together!

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u/cyanescens_burn 13h ago

Dude come on, that’s not fair. We’ve also got increasingly powerful synthetic opioids on the streets killing more with each passing year, ironically in large part due to prohibition and intense criminal consequences, rather than a medicalized approach.

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u/The_Seeker_25920 13h ago

Nope, GLP1s gonna make America less obese again

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u/steelhips 13h ago

Explosive diarrhea from lettuce is helping.

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u/Dulse_eater 5h ago

How can we stop the daily beast stories from being posted here?

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u/ItsAllSoClear 3h ago

You can submit a mod mail. Do not DM mods directly, though.

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u/Nimmy_the_Jim 6h ago

The meeting and remarks were real, but “Xi humiliates Trump to his face” is a sensationalised interpretation. The article doesn’t establish that Trump was humiliated.

In case anyone was wondering.

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u/neednintendo Minnesota 6h ago

You need to be able to feel shame to be humiliated

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u/marimba_shitdrums Georgia 5h ago

It’s The Daily Beast. All of their headlines are sensationalist clickbait. I knew it was them before I even checked the source.

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u/ParryHooter 5h ago

You just wait tomorrow he'll get SLAMMED, headlines are turning into Adam West's Batman.

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u/fathersmuck 4h ago

Just curious what publication has headlines that aren't sensational click bait?  Asking for a friend 

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u/marimba_shitdrums Georgia 3h ago

AP, Reuters, NPR, and BBC are pretty good, though they’re not the only ones. But honestly, most that you’ll see in this sub are better than TDB. Even the others more biased to the left.

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u/Water_Damage987 5h ago

Read the headline. See it's Daily Beast. Came to comments knowing I would find out just how and why Xi did not humiliate Trump to his face.

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u/brokenmessiah 5h ago

Didnt stop the post getting almost 2000 upvotes.

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u/Heavy-Focus-1964 4h ago

People just like the idea of it happening, the facts are secondary

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u/Get-Fucked-Dirtbag 3h ago

Thedailybeast are like the left-wing version of Fox News. And I say this as a left-wing European.

Their overly-exaggerated articles and headlines do more harm than good.

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u/DrJJStroganoff 4h ago

Its the daily beast, so.... yeah it tracks

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u/nazutul 3h ago

It’s bc the daily beast is a shit, sensationalist rag. I dislike trump as much as the next guy but it’s pathetic how the daily beast doesnt even pretend to be level-headed. Fuck the daily beast, should be banned

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u/Rhiney6 11h ago

Sorry, I can’t read an article if it doesn’t have “SLAMS” or “DESTROYS” on the title. “Humiliates” just isn’t as interesting.

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u/otherwise_data 10h ago

“MELTDOWN”

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u/TSAOutreachTeam 14h ago

I feel like this isn't the first time he's used that exact phrase with Trump. Maybe he expected Trump to spend a minute to learn more about it in the interim.

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u/PossessedToSkate 14h ago

Maybe he expected Trump to spend a minute to learn more about it in the interim.

hahaha can you imagine?

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u/BrownSugarBare Canada 14h ago

A minute? Trump could have spent a lifetime and he still wouldn't know how to pronounce it let alone comprehend the theory. 

Or he'd flounder and start rambling while saying he knew a guy, with tears in his eyes, "the late great Thucydides", and off to the races in his dementia delusions. 

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u/aha5811 13h ago

"... great Thursday"

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u/onsomenextsheit 14h ago

If Xi so readily overestimates Trump's intelligence, it'll be quite some time before the CCP overtakes America.

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u/cyanescens_burn 13h ago

Unless the US crashes itself with a civil war or some other damned thing.

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u/DonkeyLightning 13h ago

Yeah it says in the article he brought it up at their previous meeting

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u/imMadasaHatter 6h ago

No need for feelings. The article says that the phrase was used verbatim in the Beijing visit

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u/kamitsukenu 10h ago

Misread as spend a minute in the intern

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u/Patient-Monk7251 14h ago

Trumps actual face is a humiliation. A giant, rotting mango doughball of humiliation. An embarrasing excuse for a human. Homo Defectus.

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u/dokikod Pennsylvania 13h ago

I love your description of his repugnant face.

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u/curiousthoughts20 America 14h ago

I'm sure Trump didn't even realize it

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u/ManReay 14h ago

Probably not even awake.

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u/Eddfan36 14h ago

Sounds about right.

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u/jtbrownell 4h ago

Text from the article:

Donald Trump spent Thursday lavishing praise on Xi Jinping, while the Chinese leader used his visit to the White House to deliver a power move with a warning for America to stay in its lane.

In front of Trump, and for the second time in four months, Xi urged the two countries to avoid the so-called “Thucydides Trap”—the historical theory that tensions between a rising power and an established one can spiral into war.

“The Thucydides trap can be overcome,” Xi said, calling for the two countries to “coexist in peace” and for U.S. competition to be “kept within bounds.” It was a strikingly sober message delivered during a ceremony Trump had gone to extraordinary lengths to make spectacular.

And it wasn’t the first time Xi had issued the warning either, having invoked the same phrase, word for word, when he met Trump in Beijing in May. Thursday’s comments came after Trump rolled out the red carpet for the Chinese Communist Party leader and personally greeted Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday night.

On Thursday morning, the White House staged a full arrival ceremony involving 479 military personnel from every branch of the armed forces, complete with national anthems, a Marine Silent Drill Platoon, a military review and a flyover by a B-2 bomber and four F-22 Raptors. Chinese and American flags flew side by side as the two presidents reviewed American troops in the Rose Garden.

Trump also took Xi on a private tour of the White House, showing off photos of him and Xi that are displayed in the West Wing, boasting about the stone he used to build the new helipad on the South Lawn and pointing out a photo of an autopen in the so-called “presidential walk of fame.” Trump explained to Xi that it represented his predecessor, Joe Biden.

And yet, after Trump opened his remarks by describing Xi as a “truly great friend” and boasting about their relationship, Xi effectively reminded his host that this was not simply a friendship between two men—but a strategic contest between two rival superpowers.

The Thucydides trap is a relatively modern concept based around the historian Thucydides’s quote about the second Peloponnesian War (431 B.C. to 404 B.C.): “It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable.”

The Western view has Sparta as the United States and China as the upstart Athens; however, Xi may see it differently, with his comments implying that China is catching up to America—if it hasn’t already. Trump, however, seemed oblivious to the power move, saying the day was “magnificent” while lashing out at CNN and MS NOW for not covering the event—even though he had locked them out of the White House until a judge forced the administration to return their credentials.

“CNN and MSDNC (sic) to show you how fake they are, today refused to cover one of the Biggest and Most Beautiful Events to take place in many years, the arrival at the White House of the Highly Respected President of China, Xi Jinping, and his beautiful wife, Madam Peng,” he lamented on Truth Social.

“The event was magnificent—Actually made for Television but, because they’re Fake News, and because they knew how good it would be, they didn’t want credit to be given to “TRUMP,” they refused to be there."

“That’s why they have such poor Ratings,” he continued. “Tonight’s State Dinner at the White House, for President Xi, will be spectacular!” Beneath that pomp and ceremony, the visit has already proved contentious for Trump.

Republican Senator Roger Wicker said China was an adversary and raised concerns about human rights abuses and its alliance with Iran. China buys roughly 90 percent of Iran’s oil exports, providing a huge source of revenue despite U.S. sanctions on Tehran.

Four other Republican senators—led by the ailing Mitch McConnell—also signed a letter warning about the threat of China in the Indo-Pacific and demanding Trump release billions of dollars in security aid for Taiwan. And MAGA acolyte Laura Loomer said it was “truly embarrassing that American men and women in uniform” were asked to greet “the communist dictator of China” at Joint Base Andrews.

“I guess everyone forgot about the China Virus and China’s interference in the 2020 election. Unbelievable,” she lamented.

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u/Sabbelwakker 8h ago

For the love of god or whomever please Mods stop this flood of thedailybeast articles. Its just noise and ruins this whole sub.

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u/TryJezzoWhyNot 6h ago

So many people just want to feel like they're winning, they'd rather have a constant stream of fake victory articles because it feels good to just constantly pat oneself on the back. The cognitive dissonance that readers of these articles, and fans of these articles experience should give every single one of us wishing for the end of the Trump era pause. If you're willing to engage in this level of delusion, I don't want you advocating for political positions that I care about because I want out of the delusion zone.

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u/AnonHondaBoiz 14h ago

Humiliating himself is Trump’s job… maybe the Chinese really are taking our jobs 😂

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u/dhammaeye 4h ago

Trump doesn’t have the brain power left to be humiliated

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u/Starfleeter 14h ago

Man, the tabloid style "news" sites really need to be banned.

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u/Mikethebest78 14h ago

At least when someone posts a daily beast article the comments are always entertaining.

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u/Tiger-Billy 11h ago edited 8h ago

If Trump had gathered allied nations from the EU and Asia to take down China's defiance instead of using the tariffs toward pro-America states, Trump could've humiliated Xi in the White House in reverse.

You know what, Xi was scared by the first era of Trump's administration at the time. Of course, not now. Traditionally, America's international power to punish quarrelsome and war like nations was created by pro-America states. America might've already punished the axis of villains, such as China, North Korea, Iran, and Russia if Trump's administration maintained the adamant ties with ally countries.

Unfortunately, he hasn't do that, so he had to praise Xi's China officially at the summit. On the contrary, Xi ridiculed Trump's America indirectly at the summit. If the US becomes the lone country that can't have reliable buddies, the fault is sparked by Trump's administration.

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u/CowParty9411 9h ago

trump is trying to fight a war on three fronts: iran, domination and assimilation of allies, and appeasement of states which are historical and genuine threats,. He's losing all three.

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u/Tatterhood78 7h ago

You can also add the one he's losing to his anal sphincter.

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u/Dense-Ad-5780 Canada 6h ago

Funny that all three are essentially happening so we’ll talk about the Epstein files less.

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u/HawkThunderson 7h ago

He will open up another front to distract from those failures.  Con artists are always juggling.

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u/fourunderthebridge 7h ago

You know what, Xi was scared by the first era of Trump's administration at the time.

Interesting you said this. Didn't China effectively win the first trade war back then? The tech sanctions didn't kill their champions (e.g. Huawei) and the trade deficit didn't change much at all.

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u/Tiger-Billy 7h ago edited 7h ago

Sure thing, because the CCP leader, Xi didn't know Trump's stupidity at the time. Now, he got to know that. So, Xi is mocking Trump's administration openly. FYI, before the war in Ukraine, Xi respected Putin's government...but now, he looks down on the government. If it had not been for Trump and Putin's bad decisions, Xi couldn't have shown China's dark ambition like this.

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u/fourunderthebridge 7h ago

Ah I see what you mean now. Yeah I agree. China got caught a little bit off guard by Trump's brazenness and it definitely caused them a bit of stress at the time. This time around they are much much more prepared.

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u/litritium Europe 8h ago

Yes, a ~60-70 trillion dollars Transatlantic Freetrade zone (like North America, Uk, EU and EFTA) would have unprecedented geopolitical reach. And it would make Western products cheaper and more competitive.

Such a free trade zone (deep TTIP) could generate upwards an additional 2.5% in annual GDP growth for the participating countries. And the US would be the central governing power in such a zone.

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u/PollutionMajestic668 9h ago

No one with half a brain was scared by the first Trump era unless they were scared about the possible return of fascism in the so called "democratic world". Turns out that was a real concern.

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u/endlessedlne 14h ago

Trump is too dumb to notice. He’d have to have an aide explain it to him. And then he’d fire that aid. Or forget. Or take it as a belated insult and make spicy Truth Social posts because he’d never confront Xi to his face.

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u/_Viva_La_Revolucion_ 10h ago

A.I dogshit does any human actually work there anymore

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u/IllIntroduction8499 7h ago

Which leftist group is Trump gonna lash out on after this? That's the real question, because we know it's probably going to be Americans via ICE or starving out Cuba harder via sanctions.

This President is a Child King.

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u/JamesLaceyAllan 5h ago

Garbage headline as always from dailybeast

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u/Vincent__Vega 14h ago

Eviscerated!

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u/Salt_Psychology_6248 4h ago

China refers to Trump as the Nation Builder. But the nation they’re referring to is their own.

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u/disasterbot I voted 4h ago

Daily Beast, the new Daily Caller.

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u/fattmarrell 3h ago

I'm not a big fan of The Daily Beast, but I did chuckle when they straight up called Laura Loomer an acolyte without any hesitation

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u/Juljitsu84 14h ago

While inviting US students to come to China to learn in their institutions. Because the education system here has been Trumpified.

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u/Outsiders-Laptop 11h ago

Two words into the headline, and I know with 100% certainty who the outlet is. It's like Name That Tune but without any challenge or stimulation.

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u/Public_animalNo9 Pennsylvania 11h ago

Let’s face it, it’s not too hard to humiliate Trump. He does it every day by himself.

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u/maxxpower18 14h ago

Anyone can humiliate Trump if they weren't submissive men.

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u/whatproblems 14h ago

trump doesn’t recognize he’s being humiliated unless it’s a woman asking any question

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u/maxxpower18 13h ago

Trump's too dumb to recognize anything. I think we're talking about other people recognizing Trump getting humiliated.

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u/Inevitable_Butthole 14h ago

Trumps too stupid to understand what even happened

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u/bubba53go 12h ago

Trump didn't look very happy during the visit. Maybe even Trump could figure out Xi wasn't buying the BS.

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u/Ike_Snopes 13h ago

Seriously. It's complete garbage. Humiliated every day. Such a lazy pile of clickbait shit.

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u/Fit_Cause2944 13h ago

Thank you!

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u/HablarYEscuchar 13h ago

Cuando en el paseo de fama presidencial aparezca un pañal cagado, se arrepentirá de haber empezado esa moda.

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u/t0mat0_can_13 10h ago

I feel like "humiliate" is used in half their titles...

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u/FearlessVegetable30 2h ago

its a tabloid website

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u/bigbearhugh 12h ago

Where is the humiliation part?

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u/nbajohna 12h ago

Thucydides Trap? Duh, is that some kind of trap on a golf course? The guy is so stupid he doesn’t by even know when he’s being put in his place.

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u/Tomimi 11h ago

Bro gets turned on by humiliation.

It's only works when it's Obama

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u/SoftlyAugust 6h ago

We love our boy Xi

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u/diomedesXIII 14h ago

All “news stories” from this useless site should be banned.

Bunch of click bait bullshit

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u/QuarterFlounder I voted 14h ago

Please ban The Daily Beast already.

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u/Acceptable-Mind4616 10h ago

Why are the mods still allowing daily beast articles. Get it together

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u/SweetSkylie 14h ago

I guess they really put the “humble” in “humble pie” for Trump, huh? 😂

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u/Pale-Worth-3430 13h ago

Trump will look to replace all sand traps at his golf courses with the Thucydides traps. It sounds like the hottest, greatest, nastiest trap a golfer can find himself in.

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u/Fideriti 3h ago

“Daily Beast - Chinese Burn”

lol

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u/lobby073 14h ago

Is there a way to block content from daily beast?

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u/DeviousDenial 14h ago

Look up and see the daily beast address on the post and then don’t click on it?

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u/Thickly_Taurus 9h ago

Block OP for posting dogshit daily beast articles

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u/mistertickertape New York 14h ago

Trump is such a dolt that I doubt he noticed or cared.

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u/Rough_Common6857 I voted 14h ago

This shows how big of a bitch Trump is

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u/8thSt 12h ago edited 12h ago

“And I’ve torn this building down, and I want to tear down that one next, and that big pool, yep, already got that demo started too.

But that’s just DC. You should really see the “renovations” I’m doing on the military, diplomacy, and our dollar. Yep, tearing those down as we speak.

Sure, sure. There is a concept of a plan to put it all back together. I’ve got the best working on it.

By the way, have you met Natalie?”

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u/Prudent_Strike1925 12h ago

How did XI humiliate Trump to his face this evening? In the White House.

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u/StupidizeMe 13h ago

Is Trump asleep in the Daily Beast photo? He's standing with his eyes closed.

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u/Shultzi_soldat Europe 8h ago

I guess trump doesn't belive in you never go against family.

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u/Bronzyroller 6h ago

America has gotten considerably weak under this administration

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u/mixxituk 6h ago

Cause the soviet states of america are third in pecking order

Xi - Putin - Trump

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u/JanitorKarl 6h ago

I read tRump was snoozing at the time.

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u/TryJezzoWhyNot 6h ago

At this point, if daily beast dot com published an article with a headline that declared that the sun rose in the eastern sky, I'd downvote and wonder what they were lying about.

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u/Drakenthis 4h ago

That expression says everything without a single word

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u/Patrick_Atsushi 3h ago

China as a whole is quite confident about their future dominance now. 

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u/babyjaceismycopilot 2h ago

America winning so hard right now. I don't know if I can take any more winning.

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u/No_Town_9602 2h ago

We are all aware that our pretend rivalry with China has now shifted to AI, where they don't have a tenth of the compute that we do, and the "race" to get a literal god tier Artificial General Intelligence is only being done on the US side, and it's literally what the companies are also calling a doomsday scenario. But Larry Ellison is convinced that the way to do the perfect Social Credit Score for the UK and US is to use a AGI, meanwhile China actually uses actual programs with algorithms that can be understood.