The Perils of One-Man Rule
Government
Donald Trump clearly romanticizes the strongman leadership of Chinese President Xi Jinping. On Joe Rogan’s podcast in 2024, Trump praised Xi for being “a brilliant guy. He controls 1.4 billion people with an iron fist.” As China’s government eliminated term limits on the presidency in 2018, Trump opined that “maybe we’ll have to give that a shot some day.” What Trump has either missed or ignored is how Xi’s ruthlessness has served to make China weaker. Indeed, Xi’s reign in Beijing illustrates,
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