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White House downplays diplomatic tremors caused by Biden's dictator comment
by Naomi Lim, White House ReporterNovember 16, 2023 12:01 PM
SAN FRANCISCO — The White House is dismissing the idea President Joe Biden undermined his own diplomacy with Chinese President Xi Jinping by defending his earlier description of him as a dictator.
"The president comes away from the meeting yesterday feeling very good about the content of the discussions over the course of four hours and the progress that we were able to make on some very significant fronts," national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters Thursday.
Kirby cited the resumption of military-to-military communication as one achievement, in addition to commitments to counter fentanyl production and exportation through law enforcement and to cooperate on artificial intelligence.
He did not answer questions regarding whether China shared with the U.S. the circumstances under which it would intervene in Taiwan.
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