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Trump said 'I think we're repressive also' in reply to China being called repressive toward journalists, directly comparing the two. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Transcript: White House Oval Office Q&A on the press ban, September 18, 2026 (via Newsmax's The Record) · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:beb9eba4056a5e8e4bad7da48361393c8d3d29cf73c686a02f490a90b698a378

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KEMP: President Xi's coming here next week.
TRUMP: A great honor.
KEMP: China is one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world. What signal is it sending that you're [INAUDIBLE].
TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think — I think we're repressive also. We get fake news. We don't — we don't repress. But they write fake news.

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