Charles Blow: Trump Refuses to Say Anything Negative About Xi ... ‘He Can’t Bully Xi’

‘He is still saying things about the United States being in decline’

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BLOW: "And then he's also said that it risked making this the international order into a law of — a rule of the jungle. That was his phrase. The pope didn't say anything like that, right? He had all the smoke for the pope, but he has none for Xi Jinping. He's still trying to make him his friend. He is still saying things about the United States being in decline. He refuses to say anything negative about Xi because he's a bully. He knows the pope can't do any -- doesn't want to do anything. He doesn't have anything to offer him, but he wants — he can bully the pope. But he can't bully Xi. And so he has nothing but — "
AUSTIN: "Do you think he should?"
BLOW: "No, but you said he's the big dog in the room. You said he's the big dog in the room."

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