Biden: Xi Jinping ‘Doesn’t Think Democracies Can Compete’

EXCERPT:

BIDEN: "Let me close with this. This is not hyperbole, the world is watching. Autocrats believe that the world is moving so rapidly that democracies cannot generate consensus quickly enough to get things done. Not a joke. I’ve had hours and hours and hours of meetings and personal conversations with Xi Jinping. I spent more time with him, I believe, than any other world leader has, when I was vice president and now, on the phone. Every time he calls, we talk about it. It's a conversation between an hour and a half and two and a half hours. Not a joke. My word. But he doesn’t think democracies can compete. Because they can’t react quickly enough. In my summit with Putin, in Switzerland, they’re betting democracies can’t compete, we can’t move quickly enough.”