I just found this amusing and wanted to share it. Evidently Trump couldn’t abide the generally good reviews the mainstream press is giving Biden’s meeting with President Xi. Like a two-year old, he can’t bear to see anyone else interfere with his need for constant attention.
Biden earned particular praise for reaching an agreement with Xi for China to crack down on production of fentanyl and fentanyl precursors (ingredients). So lo and behold, Trump suddenly remembered he had an earlier, stronger, biglier deal with Xi on that exact same issue! Despite never having said a word about it in over three years since the election, Mr. Trump now claims:
President Xi and I had a deal whereby China was going to criminalize at the highest level, THE DEATH PENALTY, the manufacturing of Fentanyl. That deal miraculously disappeared with our RIGGED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2020. Too bad!!! One more thing to add to the Stolen Election List of Disasters!
(The quote is verbatim from a “truth” post on Trump’s soon to be bankrupt Twitter alternative, Truth Social. I’m not providing a link for obvious reasons.)
I know Trump’s MAGA followers are suckers, but can even they believe that Trump — a shameless self-promoter — never bothered to mention this great accomplishment? Or that — with fentanyl a big issue constantly used by republicans to hammer Biden in connection with the border — Trump just now remembered that he could attack Biden for dropping the ball on the wonderful, perfect (and evidently secret) deal that Trump reached with Xi years ago? Who can believe this stuff?
EDIT: I’m surprised and gratified that this is on the trending list — thanks everybody! I never expected that, I just found Trump’s infantile transparency amusing and hadn’t seen anyone else mention it.