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Related: About this forumLady in red? Trump told to see China president as woman to help pronounce name
Source: The Guardian
Lady in red? Trump told to see China president as woman to help pronounce name
Advisers thought this might ensure Trump pronounced Xi Jinpings surname as shee, according to Michael Wolffs book
Tom Phillips in Beijing
Fri 5 Jan 18 04.58 GMT
As Donald Trump pondered ways to revolutionise perhaps the worlds most crucial and complex diplomatic relationship last year he faced one major hurdle: he couldnt pronounce the name of Chinas leader, Xi Jinping.
The solution? Think of him as a woman.
That, according to Michael Wolffs explosive insider account of Trumps White House, is the advice aides gave the US president as he prepared for a crunch two-day summit with the Communist party leader at his Mar-a-Lago estate in April last year.
Wolffs book, obtained this week by the Guardian and set for publication on Friday, describes how Trump required some tutoring with regard to the family name of his Chinese counterpart, which is roughly pronounced shee. Not known for his linguistic talents, Trump was instead prone to call the leader of the worlds No 2 economy Mr X-i.
To avoid such gaffes during Xis visit, the president was told to think of him as a woman and call him she, Wolff claims in Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.
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Advisers thought this might ensure Trump pronounced Xi Jinpings surname as shee, according to Michael Wolffs book
Tom Phillips in Beijing
Fri 5 Jan 18 04.58 GMT
As Donald Trump pondered ways to revolutionise perhaps the worlds most crucial and complex diplomatic relationship last year he faced one major hurdle: he couldnt pronounce the name of Chinas leader, Xi Jinping.
The solution? Think of him as a woman.
That, according to Michael Wolffs explosive insider account of Trumps White House, is the advice aides gave the US president as he prepared for a crunch two-day summit with the Communist party leader at his Mar-a-Lago estate in April last year.
Wolffs book, obtained this week by the Guardian and set for publication on Friday, describes how Trump required some tutoring with regard to the family name of his Chinese counterpart, which is roughly pronounced shee. Not known for his linguistic talents, Trump was instead prone to call the leader of the worlds No 2 economy Mr X-i.
To avoid such gaffes during Xis visit, the president was told to think of him as a woman and call him she, Wolff claims in Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/05/trump-china-president-woman-name-xi-jinping
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Lady in red? Trump told to see China president as woman to help pronounce name (Original Post)
Eugene
Jan 2018
OP
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)1. During the 2008 V.P debates ...
Palin asked Biden "Can I call you Joe?"
The reason was that in rehearsals she kept referring to him as O'Biden.
Sarah Palin couldn't remember Joe Biden's name
no_hypocrisy
(46,182 posts)2. That could have backfired.
Trump, thinking of a woman, could have called Xi c**t.
brush
(53,847 posts)3. Oh no, you didn't go there?
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)4. LOL. Easily could happen with the DOTUS, nt