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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

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How about Trump as President for Life? Trump praised Putin and Xi for achieving that and said we should give it a chance too someday. Will take this opportunity to say you're NOT for that?

Trump Wanted to 'Stay in Power Forever' Like Putin, Says His Ex-National Security Adviser
BY JASON LEMON ON 10/10/21

Trump Wanted to ‘Stay in Power Forever’ Like Putin, Says His Ex-National Security Adviser – Newsweek

[ See below - Trump wanted to be GREAT like Xi also and said America would need to try out President for Life too. ]

A former top national security adviser to Donald Trump said the ex-president admired Russia’s Vladimir Putin and wanted to “stay in power forever” like the strongman leader.

“He saw Putin as the kind of epitome of the badass populist, frankly, you know, the kind of person that he wanted to be: super-rich, super powerful, no checks and balances, and essentially being able to stay in power forever,” Fiona Hill, who previously served as senior director for Europe and Russia on Trump’s National Security Council, told Molly Jong-Fast of The Daily Beast on an episode of The New Abnormal podcast uploaded on Sunday.

Trump’s affinity for Putin has long been criticized, as the former president often appeared to be publicly defensive of the authoritarian Russian president before and during his tenure in the White House.

Putin has held power in Russia as either president or prime minister since 1999—more than two decades. He has routinely been accused of jailing, poisoning and killing his critics and political opponents throughout his tenure leading Russia.

Hill also told Jong-Fast that Putin appeared to use women to distract Trump in his interactions with the former U.S. president.

“Putin made a big point, a big show of introducing Trump to the [female] interpreter,” Hill said. “Here’s a really pretty woman. She’s also a brilliant interpreter, but it was clearly meant to get Trump to look at her and not to be paying attention to what Putin was saying,” the former Trump administration official explained.

Trump routinely has spoken favorably of Putin and his leadership of Russia. Many in Washington—Democrats and Republicans—raised concerns about the former president’s apparent affinity for Putin, as Russia has long been seen as a top adversary of the U.S. on the world stage.

Trump praises Chinese president extending tenure 'for life'

By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping Saturday after the ruling Communist party announced it was eliminating the two-term limit for the presidency, paving the way for Xi to serve indefinitely, according to audio aired by CNN.

“He’s now president for life, president for life. And he’s great,” Trump said, according to audio of excerpts of Trump’s remarks at a closed-door fundraiser in Florida aired by CNN. “And look, he was able to do that. I think it’s great. Maybe we’ll have to give that a shot someday,” Trump said to cheers and applause from supporters.

It is not clear if Trump, 71, was making the comment about extending presidential service in jest. The White House did not respond to a request for comment late Saturday.

U.S. Representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat, said on Twitter that “whether this was a joke or not, talking about being President for life like Xi Jinping is the most unAmerican sentiment expressed by an American President. George Washington would roll over in his grave.”