Trump, 79, Muses About Absolute Power While Covering His Bruised Hand
President Donald Trump still can’t understand that the United States is a democracy.
By signing a decree aiming to prevent states from regulating artificial intelligence, Trump lamented that states must be “united” in its approach to AI, so the country can achieve global dominance over China.
“We must be united. China is unified because it has one voice, and that is President Xi.” [Jinping]. He says “do it,” and that’s it. You know, we have a different system,” Trump said. “But we have a system that is good, but we only have a system that is good if it is intelligent.”
As the president spoke while sitting behind his desk, he covered his right hand, where there was a a massive and mysterious bruise has formed.
Trump: “We have to be united. China is unified because it has one voice: it’s President Xi. He says ‘do it’ and that’s it. We have a different system.” pic.twitter.com/gQo9j5jvvL
-Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 11, 2025
Meanwhile, people watching at home were unimpressed by Trump’s aspiration for unitary government and his rejection of his own country’s so-called “different system.”
“Yes, it’s called DEMOCRACY” wrote California Governor Gavin Newsom on X.
This is not the first time Trump has aspired to another form of government. After visiting China earlier this year, President said he would have liked his cabinet secretaries to welcome him with stoic complacency (even if their meetings are already a well-documented show of sycophancy.)
