President Donald Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping — who has a long history history of violating human rights — as being a “tough man, smart man, very smart” because Xi doesn’t allow his frightened staff to speak.
Trump on President Xi: "During the meeting, he's here, and he's got about 6 people on each side. And every one of those people were at attention. And I made a comment to one of them and it got no response. And President Xi didn't let him. I said, I want my cabinet to behave like… pic.twitter.com/j5AhRzTdz4
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 5, 2025
(Sources: Twitter/X, Human Rights Watch)