Biden: “I’ve had long discussions..now up to 70-some hours with Xi Jinping..He’s a very smart and calculating guy..He doesn’t think that democracies can be sustained in the 21st century, in the second quarter of the century, because” 1/https://t.co/HiNWzSFSn8

— Sari Arho Havrén (@SariArhoHavren) April 24, 2022

Xi said: “What are you going to do?” And I [Biden] said, “What I’m going to do is reestablish our alliances.” [Xi] said, “That’s..because you’re trying to hurt China.” 3/

— Sari Arho Havrén (@SariArhoHavren) April 24, 2022

Biden:”The point being that one of the things that the autocrats fear the most..is the notion that somehow we can work together in concert and-contrary to what are essentially dictatorships, which a lot of countries hv become-..not only China, but Russia and many other.” 5/5

— Sari Arho Havrén (@SariArhoHavren) April 24, 2022