Joe Biden calls Xi Jinping a 'dictator' who was embarrassed by spy balloon debacle... a day after Antony Blinken met China's president and called for 'mutual respect'
Daily Mail
June 20, 2023
Joe Biden on Tuesday told a fundraiser in California that Xi
Jinping was left 'embarrassed' by the spy balloon debacle in February,
calling it 'a great embarrassment for dictators'.
He told the crowd:
'The reason why Xi Jinping got very upset in terms of when I shot that
balloon down with two box cars full of spy equipment in it was he didn't
know it was there.'
China is yet to respond to Biden's comments.
Biden's off-the-cuff remarks came a day after his Secretary of State
visited Xi in Beijing to try and ease tensions.
Antony Blinken became
the first top U.S. diplomat to visit China in five years.
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