Commentary
In a Pennsylvania rally on Sept. 3, according to the Financial Times, former President Donald Trump “spent time praising Chinese leader Xi Jinping for his ‘iron fist,’ describing him as ‘smart.’”
Did Trump really say these things, or is it a spin from the liberal mainstream media? Because we suspect that the mainstream media rarely depicts Trump’s speeches with much fidelity, let’s drill into exactly what Trump said about China from the original source—a recording of the entire two-hour speech in front of cheering fans. It’s critical to listen to Trump rather than just read transcriptions, which arguably never do the man’s inflections and emphases any justice….