Trump Calls President Xi Jinping ‘a Killer’ and Rejects Beijing Olympics Boycott
Former President Donald Trump criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping while also rejecting the idea that the United States should boycott the upcoming Olympics in Beijing.
In an extensive interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo, Trump agreed with his host that the president of China is “a killer,” but said he wouldn’t encourage the U.S. to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing because of how it makes the country look.
“I watched Jimmy Carter do it, and it was terrible,” said Trump, referring to the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. “Hurts the athletes. There are much more powerful things we can do that — much, much more powerful things. That’s not a powerful thing. It almost makes us look like, I don’t know, sore losers.”
