New York Post
By Social Links forCaitlin Doornbos and Social Links forSteven Nelson
Published Nov. 15, 2023, 10:01 p.m. ET
WOODSIDE, Calif. — President Biden called Chinese President Xi Jinping “a dictator” Wednesday after a four-hour meeting where Xi warned Biden the US “turning [its] back” on China was “not an option.”
“Well look, he is — I mean, he is a dictator in the sense that he is the guy who runs the country that is a communist country that is based on a form of government different than ours,” Biden said at a press conference.
The 80-year-old president previously angered the Chinese government by referring to Xi as a “dictator” at a fundraiser in June — with Beijing summoning the US ambassador for a reprimand.