Trump: Xi Is All Business and No Games, He’s “Central Casting” As A Chinese Leader
President Donald Trump told FOX News Channel host Sean Hannity that Chinese President Xi Jinping looks like he is from “central casting” and would be picked to play a Chinese leader in a movie.
SEAN HANNITY: You have in the past described President Xi to me as very tough, all business. You’re not describing the type of business that he normally used to do. Do you think that your relationship has evolved to the point where, oh, he can go along with your spontaneity? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I think he’s a warm person, actually, but he’s all business. There’s no games, there’s no talking about how nice the weather is, oh, let’s look at the stars, let’s look at the sun. No, he’s all business, and I like that, I mean, that’s a good thing. No games. I say it about him, and I can say it about some, not as complimentary, frankly, for the most part, but I say about him that if you went to Hollywood and you looked for a leader of China to play a role in a movie, HANNITY: Central casting. TRUMP: He’s central casting. You couldn’t find a guy like him. Even his physical features, you know, he’s tall, very tall, and especially for this country, because they tend to be a little bit shorter. You look at the military, I mean, the military today was incredible, that military marching was incredible. But no, if you went to Hollywood, you wouldn’t find a, you’re not going to find a guy to play the role. And he’s, you know, I mean, I’ll get criticized, they always criticize me when I say good things about certain leaders, and this one. But he’s a leader for China, he’s led almost 1.5 billion people for a long time, and he’s respected. It’s sort of interesting when the fake news said he said, they’ll say, President Trump said that President Xi was a brilliant leader. That’s a terrible thing. What am I going to do? You know, but it’s, you know, you saw the response, you saw the, and here’s the thing. Those business people are here to make deals and to bring back jobs. They’re bringing back massive numbers. You know, China’s going to invest hundreds of billions of dollars with those people that were in that room today. That’s why they came. That’s why they came.
