🗞 Trump ponders about presidency for life

In a non-public speech, the US president allegedly praised his counterpart from China: Xi is a lifetime president, quotes CNN Trump. "Maybe we should try that too someday."

US President Donald Trump seems to find it great that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping could remain in power forever - unlike heads of state in democratic countries. According to a report by CNN Trump said that in a speech he held on Saturday night in Florida in front of donors to the Republican Party.

"He's now a lifetime president. A lifetime president, and he's great," said Trump, according to the broadcaster. "And look, he's managed to do that, I think that's great, maybe we should try that too someday." The broadcaster cites its coverage of a tape recording of the speech held in Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Trump is said to have received a lot of applause and laughter for his comments.

China's Communist Party had proposed abolishing rules that have been in place since 1982, limiting the presidential term to two terms. It is certain that Parliament will approve the initiative on its annual meeting starting on Monday.

In his speech, Trump is also said to have talked about his former rival Hillary Clinton, the Democrat has lost to him in the presidential election. "Is Hillary a happy person, do you think she's happy?" He does not believe it, Trump told CNN. But he hope so. Trump also blasphemed "another genius": the decision to invade Iraq was the "worst decision ever made," the station quoted from the speech. The decision once hit George W. Bush.

A lifetime presidency of Donald Trump. Wouldn't that be marvellous for the world?!

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Source: dpa, AFP
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