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BaronChocula

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9. "In my opinion, this trip was a disaster from top to bottom."

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2026, 04:48 PM

19 hrs ago

Signature maga. They take a ham fist to everything which is fine when you want to destroy everything. But it doesn't work so well when you want to build something.

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Did Trump and his billionaire friends misread the Chinese people? [View all] kentuck 21 hrs ago OP

The level of hubris demonstrated by this administration is absolutely stunning. alwaysinasnit 21 hrs ago #1

He needs to watch a few Asian dramas. Baitball Blogger 21 hrs ago #2

Krasnov too lazy to prepare remarks... LakeVermilion 21 hrs ago #3

He is too stupid to be in that setting with intelligent people. Being ignorant about just GoodRaisin 9 hrs ago #15

Most of the business leaders understand the Chinese Johonny 21 hrs ago #4

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, dalton99a 21 hrs ago #5

To clarify.. poverty is something for the country and its rulers to be ashamed of. ananda 20 hrs ago #8

I'm pretty sure the original meaning was living in poverty is shameful in a well governed country Ilikepurple 18 hrs ago #11

This is exactly what Confucius said. ananda 13 hrs ago #14

But Book 8.13 the Analects contains advice to his students rather than an analysis of proper government Ilikepurple 7 hrs ago #16

Yes, of course they did. mwmisses4289 21 hrs ago #6

Most important is how the Chinese read Trump randr 21 hrs ago #7

"In my opinion, this trip was a disaster from top to bottom." BaronChocula 19 hrs ago #9

OF COURSE THEY DID!!! They are all totally clueless self-obsessed psychopaths. LymphocyteLover 18 hrs ago #10

I don't think they really care. They are devoid of decency or dignity. live love laugh 18 hrs ago #12

Guessing that GREED prompted the sycophant CEOs to go to China vapor2 16 hrs ago #13