‘The President Speaks for All of Us’: Blinken Stands by Biden’s ’Dictator' Comments About Xi Jinping

‘The President Speaks for All of Us’: Blinken Stands by Biden’s ’Dictator' Comments About Xi Jinping
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) shakes hands with China's leader Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023. Leah Millis/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Joseph Lord
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken stood by earlier comments from President Joe Biden calling Chinese leader Xi Jinping a dictator, saying “the president speaks for all of us.”

Biden earlier referred to Xi as a “dictator” during a fundraiser event in California, just a day after Blinken reported having had a “robust conversation” with the Chinese Communist Party head in Beijing.