Burgum calls China’s Xi a ‘brutal dictator’

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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), a 2024 presidential candidate, called Chinese President Xi Jinping “a brutal dictator” in an interview that aired Sunday. “Absolutely,” Burgum told NBC’s Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press,” when asked whether Xi was a dictator. President Joe Biden recently called Xi a dictator and faced fierce pushback from the Chinese government,…
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), a 2024 presidential candidate, called Chinese President Xi Jinping “a brutal dictator” in an interview that aired Sunday.
“Absolutely,” Burgum told NBC’s Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press,” when asked whether Xi was a dictator.
“Well, I’d call him a brutal dictator. I mean look at the rights record that they have,” Burgum said about China, when asked about the blowback Biden faced and how he would have handled the situation.
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