Trump: "Why can't we do that?" regarding Chinese term limit scrapping

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China Looking to Eliminate Presidential Term Limits

Trump wants similar move in U.S.

China’s ruling Communist Party has proposed scrapping term limits for the country’s president, the official news agency said Sunday, appearing to lay the groundwork for party leader Xi Jinping to rule as president beyond 2023.

The party’s Central Committee proposed to remove from the constitution the expression that China’s president and vice president “shall serve no more than two consecutive terms,” the Xinhua News Agency said.

Political analysts said the party would likely seek to justify the proposed removal of the presidential term limit by citing Xi’s vision of establishing a prosperous, modern society by 2050.

Sources inside the White House have indicated that upon hearing this news, President Donald Trump directed his staff to explore the potential of a similar move in the United States.

Trump claims to have a great relationship with Xi, “probably the greatest relationship ever,” and has, in recent months, referred to Xi as  “a powerful man,” “a very good person” and as “king, although he’s called president.”

But White House insiders say the president is furious at the idea that Xi can eliminate term limits and he cannot.

Arguing that his own vision to “Make America Great Again,” in many ways similar to Xi’s establishment of a “prosperous modern society,” should be justification for allowing him to remain in office indefinitely in order to make sure that the job gets done and there is no possibility of a regression to the “Obama/Clinton” America.

Our sources indicate that the president wants to start the process immediately and is preparing to dispatch Donald Trump Jr. to Beijing to learn everything he can about the Central Committee’s rationale.

Upon learning of the Trump Jr. visit, a senior Central Committee official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the delicate relationship between China and the U.S., told Around the Block, "While we welcome the opportunity to explain what we're doing, we would prefer that the president send a more skillful representative. After all, don't you Americans consider Don Jr. 'your era's Fredo?'"

"Perhaps Ivanka or Jared would be better," he told Around the Block, going on to say, "OK, maybe not Jared."

Chinese official: "Ok, maybe not Jared"