Had Donald Trump been the U.S. president hosting this week’s APEC meetings, I have no doubt that the headline from the event would have been unchanged. It would have been: “He’s a dictator.”

The only difference is it would be Xi Jinping who was saying it to describe Trump.

Other than that, though, a Trump-hosted APEC meeting would likely have been unrecognizably different from the successful and productive forum hosted by President Joe Biden.

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      10 months ago

      If Jill Stein was working for Putin why would she publicly show herself sitting at the same table?

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        If Republicans were working for Putin would they fly to Moscow on the 4th of July?

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          What’s hilarious is that all that nonsense caused Trump’s policy to be far tougher on Russia in terms of economic sanctions as well as escalation over Ukraine.

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        Oh man, what a defense!

        “Your honor, if I was the murderer, why would I have been at the scene of the crime, holding the murder weapon in my hand? I mean, that would be too obvious!”

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              You insinuated my argument defending Jill Stein against being a russian asset was not a credible defense. The accusations against her are wild and unsubstantiated.

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                I made no accusation. I just mocked your absolutely bonkers comment saying that Jill Stein publicly sitting down and spending time with Putin proves that she is not affiliated with Putin. The term “wild and unsubstantiated” is something you might want to reflect deeply upon.

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        Are you actually saying someone who works for Putin wouldn’t publicly show herself with Putin?