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Trump on Xi: “He’s Now President for Life. Maybe We’ll Have to Give That a Shot Some Day”

HeadlineMar 05, 2018

In the United States, President Trump has praised Chinese President Xi Jinping for consolidating power and doing away with presidential term limits, saying, “He’s now president for life. … I think it’s great. Maybe we’ll have to give that a shot some day.” CNN reports Trump made the comments during a closed-door meeting with Republican donors at Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

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