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Mediaite reports Trump responding to China’s press repression by saying, “I think we’re repressive also.” DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Trump Says ‘I Don’t Know About That’ When Reporter Says China Is ‘Repressive’: ‘We’re Repressive Also’ · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:05e6649da5f9983f5efe5779f7cc3cba20e62d45febee7aeb59fd610d8fa8181

“China is one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world,” the reporter said. “What signal does it send—” “Well, I don’t know about that,” Trump spoke over the reporter. “I think we’re repressive also. We get fake news. We don’t repress, but they write fake news.”