Lemmy.VG
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
ZeroCool@piefed.ca to The Onion and other satire w/ layers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month ago

Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit

theonion.com

external-link
message-square
9
link
fedilink
283
external-link

Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit

theonion.com

ZeroCool@piefed.ca to The Onion and other satire w/ layers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month ago
message-square
9
link
fedilink
WASHINGTON—Marveling at how his American counterpart’s grasp of the difficult language had progressed, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told reporters Thursday that he was deeply impressed with how much President Donald Trump’s English had improved since the two last met. “He definitely isn’t fluent, and I doubt he’ll ever get there, but he’s truly come a long way […]
alert-triangle
You must log in or # to comment.
  • trainsrkool@lemmy.mlBanned
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    20
    ·
    1 month ago

    almost ate the onion 😂

  • lettruthout@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    20
    ·
    1 month ago

    As though Trump‘s English has improved at all lately.

    • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      12
      ·
      1 month ago

      That’s the only reason I immediately realized it was satire before I noticed the source. lol

    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      1 month ago

      Xi went on to say that Trump’s comprehension of the language was still so poor that the Chinese delegation could use English to openly discuss sensitive issues in his presence without fear he would understand them.

    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 month ago

      I wonder how many strokes he’s had. I genuinely imagine around five based on how he speaks.

    • slothrop @lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 month ago

      Xi’s paying a tiny bit of attention this time.

  • blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    1 month ago

    Oh I get it. Since Dump is unintelligible now, Xi doesn’t have to think about the dumb bullshit he’s saying.

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    1 month ago

    My first genuine belly laugh of the day, cheers

  • tacosanonymous@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    1 month ago

    I was honestly making this joke about Melania bc Some shit rag was focusing on Peng’s wife speaking English with Melania.

The Onion and other satire w/ layers@sh.itjust.works

theonion@sh.itjust.works

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

For posting satire from The Onion and other similar sources.

redundancy, but not for its own sake


Human crafted content only please! If reporting a violation or suspicious content please provide evidence in the report or a direct message. Thank you.


Be nice. All instance rules apply.


Rules:

  • Be respectful. Everyone should feel welcome here.
  • No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
  • No Ads / Spamming.
  • No pornography.

Règles :

  • Soyez respectueux. Tout le monde doit se sentir le bienvenu ici.
  • Pas de bigoterie - y compris le racisme, le sexisme, le capacitisme, l’homophobie, la transphobie ou la xénophobie.
  • Pas de publicités / Pas de spam.
  • Pas de pornographie.
Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 18 users / day
  • 464 users / week
  • 1.64K users / month
  • 5K users / 6 months
  • 1 local subscriber
  • 2.82K subscribers
  • 472 Posts
  • 1.51K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • can@sh.itjust.works
  • BE: 0.19.19
  • Modlog
  • Legal
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org