Donald Trump: No state dinner -- only Big Mac -- for China's president

[steve2470]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/25/politics/donald-trump-china-hamburger-mcdonalds/index.html

Washington (CNN) If Donald Trump is president and the leader of the world's second-largest economy comes to Washington, he can expect little more than a Big Mac from McDonald's -- O.K., make that a double.

Trump vowed Monday not to throw Chinese President Xi Jinping a lavish state dinner as the Chinese leader will enjoy in September when he visits the U.S. for meetings with President Barack Obama, a little over a year after Jinping hosted Obama in China.

"I'd get him a McDonald's hamburger and I'd say we gotta get down to work, because you can't continue to devalue (the Chinese currency)," Trump said Monday night on Fox News. "I would give him a very, yeah, but I would give him a double, probably a double size Big Mac."

Trump sharpened his attacks against China on Monday after the U.S. stock market took a dive over concerns about China's economy, leading Trump to call for "a big uncoupling" of the U.S. and Chinese economies.

God help us if this man a) stays in the race and b) becomes President.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Even the Onion couldn't make this shit up.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. I'm surprised he didn't say Panda Express. nt

[LittleBlue]

7. That would be an upgrade on McDonald's! nt

[Xipe Totec]

3. And he will appoint Incitatus to the Senate. nt

[surrealAmerican]

4. The republican primary would appear to be a competition on which candidate ...

... would be the rudest to other world leaders.

I can't make up my mind as to whether this is more or less rude than Walker's dis-inviting scheme.

None of these people should ever get the chance to make such decisions.

[hifiguy]

5. I really have to wonder what the reaction to tRump's candidacy is

in places like Paris, Beijing, Seoul and Berlin.

Bemusment? Sheer horror? Some combination of both?

[JustAnotherGen]

6. Mixture of Friends and Family

In Belize, Panama, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, France and Italy -some natives, some ex pats by marriage -

Seems to be a lot of 'this can't be real - this guy cannot be real' out there.

[hifiguy]

9. It's rather like seeing this, I'd guess:

It short-circuits something in the brain.

[LittleBlue]

10. Both. Something like this

Trump, you say? HAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHA HAHAHA ha ha... ha.................................shit

[pampango]

8. "They want our people to starve -- they're taking our business away. They've taken our jobs away,"

Trump said.

Trump, who has made a similar call with Mexico, said Monday that he would initiate a trade war with China, saying "you have to do that ... you have no choice."

Go get those foreigners, Donald. You don't seem to spend much time talking about our own 1% and what responsibility they have.

Hey, we haven't had a good trade war since what - the 1920's? (Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover, you have a modern republican that likes your style.) Surely nothing bad can come from that. FDR had to be misguided when he ditched the permanent trade war he inherited from his republican predecessors.

[world wide wally]

11. One thing about Trump...

He sure doesn't have any class for a rich guy

[jmowreader]

12. Does Donald Trump have a horse he can appoint to the Senate?

[Initech]

13. You know, Kingsmen: The Secret Service was just a movie.