Had Donald Trump been the U.S. president hosting this week’s APEC meetings, I have no doubt that the headline from the event would have been unchanged. It would have been: “He’s a dictator.”

The only difference is it would be Xi Jinping who was saying it to describe Trump.

Other than that, though, a Trump-hosted APEC meeting would likely have been unrecognizably different from the successful and productive forum hosted by President Joe Biden.

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        Are you actually saying someone who works for Putin wouldn’t publicly show herself with Putin?

        This you? You’re accusing her of working for Putin with no evidence.

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          That is not an accusation, nor was it specifically about her. Which I think you know. But you’d rather hurl insults at everyone than actually have a legitimate discussion.

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              I never said that either. Are you really unable to have a discussion without insults and putting words in people’s mouths?

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                Are you actually saying someone who works for Putin wouldn’t publicly show herself with Putin?

                This you?

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                  That was a question. There is a difference between a question and an accusation. Again, I think you know that. But you are here in bad faith.