Analysis: Xi’s RSVP is a snub to Trump, but the inauguration invite is still a big deal | CNN Politics
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Imagine the scene, at noon, on January 20, on the west front of the US Capitol.
  • iie [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Xi’s presence would also be seen as endorsing a democratic transfer of power — anathema for an autocrat in a one-party state obsessed with crushing individual expression.

    just stating that like it’s obvious and doesn’t need to be justified

    • miz [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      11·
      4 months ago

      obsessed with crushing individual expression.

      meanwhile America is banning the most popular social media platform and prohibiting pro-Palestinian protests on campuses