

Also, despite how much Trump wants to pretend he’s a dictator, he’s not. Both Congress and the Supreme Court have the power to stop this tariff idiocy at any point if the consequences get to be too bad. Xi is actually a dictator and the likelihood of any other power base overriding him is slim to none.
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that all the party members who aren’t loyal to him get charged with corruption and thrown in prison. All modern dictators put up a charade of legitimacy. Even North Korea pretends to have elections.