>Less cynically now, the president has admired Xi many many times openly, and it’s clear he prefers an administrative style similar to China. China style autho

>Less cynically now, the president has admired Xi many many times openly, and it’s clear he prefers an administrative style similar to China. China style authoritarianism can't work in the US because the CCP has to actually deliver quality of life to the people in exchange for their political and cultural oppression. America's tech oligarchy is only willing to deliver for billionaires. If Trump were really setting up a Xi style dictatorship he would be pacifying the people with investment in infrastructure, education and healthcare. Americans would gladly tolerate armed masked thugs kidnapping immigrants and the wholesale censorship of the internet and the press if he actually kept prices down and employment up. Or he could at least better at giving the impression of doing so. The biggest failure of Trumpism by far has to be its propaganda. None of these people know how to lie effectively. Not nearly as well as the neocons. Look at the whole song and dance they did to justify war with Iraq versus... whatever the hell America's plan with Iran is supposed to be (besides Christian holy war, apparently.)