White House downplays diplomatic tremors caused by Biden’s dictator comment | Washington Examiner

Biden made the off-the-cuff remark in response to a question shouted at the end of his post-Xi meeting press conference.

Well, look, he is,” Biden told reporters Wednesday. “He s a dictator in the sense that he is a guy who runs a country that is a communist country that s based on a form of government totally different than ours. Anyway, we made progress.”

via www.washingtonexaminer.com

Whatever diagnosis this is consistent with, it is the truth, and Ol’ Joe deserves credit for saying it, even if he would have gladly lied if he was quick witted enough to pull that off.