{"id":2102139,"date":"2023-11-17T16:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T21:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/imagine-if-donald-trump-rolled-out-the-red-carpet-for-putin-the-way-democrats-did-for-xi\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T16:13:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T21:13:41","slug":"imagine-if-donald-trump-rolled-out-the-red-carpet-for-putin-the-way-democrats-did-for-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/imagine-if-donald-trump-rolled-out-the-red-carpet-for-putin-the-way-democrats-did-for-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagine Trump giving Putin the same warm welcome Democrats gave Xi."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fimagine-if-donald-trump-rolled-out-the-red-carpet-for-putin-the-way-democrats-did-for-xi%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2102139&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"image.jpg\" alt=\"Image\"><br \/>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If Donald Trump were the covert Kremlin agent Democrats made him out to be, he\u2063 might have given \u2063President Vladimir Putin the\u2062 same kind of red-carpet treatment that Democrats gave Chinese communist dictator Xi\u200d Jinping this week.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, President Xi was greeted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/13\/clean-for-xi-but-not-for-thee-democrats-hastily-clean-up-san-francisco-ahead-of-chinese-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hastily sanitized streets<\/a> of San Francisco with all the fanfare of a communist parade, complete with waving red banners, to welcome the \u2062head of Red China.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p>&#8220;If Donald Trump were the covert Kremlin agent Democrats made him out to be, he\u2062 might \u200bhave given President Vladimir Putin the same kind of red-carpet treatment that \u200dDemocrats gave Chinese communist dictator Xi Jinping this week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<footer><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1725097082745155678?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2023<\/a><\/cite><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Oh look, San Francisco turned into China for President Xi\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Finally revealing its true colors. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G3WvGfRKnx\">pic.twitter.com\/G3WvGfRKnx<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<footer><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatieDaviscourt\/status\/1724639694997369063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2023<\/a><\/cite><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Days before Xi touched down on the West Coast, state and local Democrats scrambled to scrub the San Francisco streets, which for years have been a national embarrassment emblematic of American decline.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Gavin \u2064Newsom \u200cjust admitted that they only cleaned up the streets of San Fran because &#8220;fancy leaders&#8221; were coming to \u200btown.<\/p>\n<p>The reality: They \u2062were always \u2062capable of this but they don\u2019t care about your \u2062safety. They care about the \u200csafety \u200dof the\u2062 elite. You\u2019re expendable to them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BPedyEjn3q\">pic.twitter.com\/BPedyEjn3q<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<footer><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1724090742509826347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2023<\/a><\/cite><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/13\/clean-for-xi-but-not-for-thee-democrats-hastily-clean-up-san-francisco-ahead-of-chinese-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clean For Xi But Not For Thee: Democrats Hastily Clean Up San Francisco Ahead Of Chinese Visit<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democrats in San Francisco were eager to greet the Chinese president with a welcome parade, ostensibly designed to ease tensions with the East Asian \u200cnuclear power. Business leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/russellflannery\/2023\/05\/03\/strained-us-china-relations-are-worrying-businesses-from-both-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increasingly anxious<\/a> about their corporate interests under Xi\u2019s regime similarly \u2063gave the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) a <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/4313668-xi-gets-standing-ovation-at-banquet-with-us-executives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">standing ovation<\/a> at a summit \u200ddinner with Indo-Pacific leaders Wednesday night. Reducing the risk of global war might be one motivation behind their applause for the Chinese dictator, who is overseeing the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/uighurs\/\">active genocide<\/a> of Uyghurs in Western China, but protecting a $<a href=\"https:\/\/ustr.gov\/countries-regions\/china-mongolia-taiwan\/peoples-republic-china#:~:text=U.S.%20goods%20and%20services%20trade,was%20%24367.4%20billion%20in%202022.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">750 billion<\/a> trade opportunity is likely far higher \u200bin their calculus.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Kinda crazy to \u200csee business\u2062 leaders in\u200b SF give \u2064Communist President Xi a standing ovation considering his role in things that are wrecking our country like Covid &#038; Fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ci9tXHIOYu\">pic.twitter.com\/ci9tXHIOYu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<footer><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JCAndersonNYC\/status\/1725134419868991790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2023<\/a><\/cite><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On one hand, it\u2019s odd that a major American\u200d city would give VIP treatment to the nation\u2019s top adversary. On the other, San Francisco is also the heart of West Coast liberalism, and therefore American communism.<\/p>\n<p>One can easily imagine how the \u200cpress might react \u200dhad President Trump given Russian President Vladimir Putin the same grand\u2064 entrance at Mar-a-Lago. President Joe Biden is to China what Democrats claimed\u2062 Trump was to\u200c Russia:\u2063 that is, compromised by complex financial ties that raise significant conflicts of \u200dinterest\u2064 and warrant a congressional impeachment\u2064 inquiry. What if the streets of Palm Beach, Florida\u2063 were draped in Russian flags to greet President Putin after Donald Trump Jr. had \u200baccepted <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/09\/23\/hunter-biden-took-3-5-million-from-ex-moscow-mayors-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$3.5 million<\/a> from an \u200bex-Moscow mayor\u2019s wife? Actually, the recipient of those millions was Hunter Biden, who also \u200creceived an <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/07\/03\/hunter-biden-fire-reportedly-parlaying-joe-bidens-position-80000-diamond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$80,000<\/a> diamond from\u200c a Chinese energy tycoon, sought to funnel \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/01\/follow-40000-from-communist-china-directly-to-joe-bidens-bank-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">millions<\/a> from Chinese communist leaders directly into \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-react-after-learning-hunter-biden-associate-frequented-white-house\/\" title=\"Republicans React After Learning Hunter Biden Associate Frequented White House\">family bank accounts<\/a>, and \u2063secured <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/09\/23\/senate-report-hunter-bidens-chinese-payments-raise-criminal-concerns-extend-to-james-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">six-figure shopping sprees<\/a> from Chinese businessmen.<\/p>\n<p>Will the same people who\u2062 raised\u2063 a circus over ridiculous \u201cpee tape\u201d rumors about Trump and Russian prostitutes wonder if the Chinese have any more illicit\u200d films\u200c of Hunter Biden \u2063indulging in crack \u2064cocaine and hookers? We \u200cnever found those\u2063 pee tapes but there\u2019s plenty of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/imagine-if-donald-trump-rolled-out-the-red-carpet-for-putin-the-way-democrats-did-for-xi\/\" title=\"Imagine Trump giving Putin the same warm welcome Democrats gave Xi.\">graphic porn online starring<\/a> the first son.<\/p>\n<p>But even beyond the Bidens\u2019 entanglement\u200d in influence-peddling schemes involving prominent Chinese\u2063 leaders, there\u2019s good reason why Democrats \u200cmight want to\u2064 leave a good impression on the world\u2019s leading civil rights offender. A Federalist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/29\/is-the-entire-democratic-party-compromised-by-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">analysis<\/a> of federal campaign donations found that companies credibly\u200d accused of\u200b harnessing Chinese slave labor overwhelmingly donated to Democrats. Of the nearly $40 million that went to congressional candidates between the two major parties in 2020, Democrats took home more than 85 percent while Republicans received less than 15.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/29\/is-the-entire-democratic-party-compromised-by-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Is The Entire Democratic Party Compromised By China?<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington \u200dExaminer and The\u2064 Daily Signal. His work has also been featured \u200din Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan\u2063 graduated from George Washington University where he majored in\u200b political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inflation-rises-to-2-2-in-september-in-producer-price-index\/\" title=\"September's producer price index records a 2.2% increase in inflation.\">escalating trade war<\/a> \u2063between the United States and China contribute to an opportunity to mend fences and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/commerce-secretarys-husband-is-top-executive-at-tech-firm-funded-by-chinese-government\/\" title=\"Commerce Secretary\u2019s Husband Is Top Executive at Tech Firm Funded by Chinese Government\">strengthen economic ties<\/a>?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  E escalating trade war \u200cbetween the United States and China saw this as an opportunity to mend fences and strengthen economic \u2063ties.<\/p>\n<p>However, the spectacle that unfolded was not only a display of hospitality but also a revealing portrait of the priorities of\u2064 the Democratic Party. For years, San\u2062 Francisco has been plagued by rampant homelessness, drug addiction,\u2063 and filth on its streets. It has become a symbol of the failure of Democratic policies and the \u2064decline of American cities.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, in preparation for President Xi&#8217;s visit, city officials engaged in a frenzied effort to clean up the city. \u2062Streets were power-washed, trash was removed, and the unsightly tents of the homeless\u2063 were temporarily hidden\u2062 from view. The \u2062transformation was nothing short of astonishing.\u2063 San Francisco went\u200b from being a derelict wasteland to a pristine playground for a foreign dignitary.<\/p>\n<p>The contrast \u2064between the treatment of \u200bPresident Xi and the neglect of San Francisco&#8217;s own citizens could not have been starker. \u2062Democratic leaders, like Governor Gavin Newsom, acknowledged\u200c that the cleanup was solely motivated by the presence of &#8220;fancy leaders.&#8221; This \u200dadmission exposed the Democrats&#8217; prioritization of optics over the well-being of their constituents.<\/p>\n<p>It is not surprising that this hypocrisy\u2063 did not\u2062 go unnoticed. Social media users were quick to point out the irony and share images of San Francisco streets before and after the cleanup. The city&#8217;s transformation into a sanitized facade for President Xi&#8217;s visit was seen as a betrayal of the city&#8217;s residents and a clear demonstration of the Democrats&#8217; disregard for the concerns of ordinary Americans.<\/p>\n<p>This incident raises \u2062broader questions about the Democrats&#8217; approach to\u2062 foreign policy and\u2063 their willingness to appease foreign adversaries at the expense of their own citizens. If \u200dDonald Trump, as the Democrats often claimed,\u200b were a \u200dcovert agent of the Kremlin, would he have given the Russian president the same red-carpet treatment? The answer, of course, is no.<\/p>\n<p>While it is important to\u200b engage in diplomacy and\u200d maintain cordial relations with foreign leaders, it should never come at \u200bthe cost of neglecting the needs of American cities and their residents. The Democrats&#8217; eagerness to please President Xi and their lack of\u2063 concern for the plight of San Francisco only further erodes \u200dtrust in their ability to prioritize the well-being \u2063of the American people.<\/p>\n<p>As we move forward \u2063and \u200dnavigate the complex\u200d global landscape, it is crucial that \u2064our leaders prioritize the interests and concerns of the American people above all else. The Democratic Party&#8217;s\u2062 treatment \u2063of President\u2063 Xi and the neglect of San Francisco&#8217;s streets serve as a stark reminder of the\u200d need \u2064for accountability and a renewed focus on the issues that truly \u2063matter to the American people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Donald Trump were the covert Kremlin agent Democrats made him out to be, he might have given President Vladimir Putin the same kind of red-carpet treatment that Democrats gave Chinese communist dictator Xi Jinping this week. 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