Trump: Chinese Prez Appreciates U.S. Handling North Korea Diplomatically Over ‘Ominous Alternative’

Josh FeldmanMar 10th, 2018, 11:11 am

President Trump has once again hinted at “ominous” things in dealing with North Korea.

In a tweet this morning about his call with Chinese President Xi Jinping (misspelled by Trump as “Xinping”), the President said Xi appreciates the U.S. taking the diplomatic route:

Chinese President XI XINPING and I spoke at length about the meeting with KIM JONG UN of North Korea. President XI told me he appreciates that the U.S. is working to solve the problem diplomatically rather than going with the ominous alternative. China continues to be helpful!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 10, 2018

UPDATE –– 11:17 am ET: The tweet was taken down and corrected with the corrected spelling:

Chinese President XI JINPING and I spoke at length about the meeting with KIM JONG UN of North Korea. President XI told me he appreciates that the U.S. is working to solve the problem diplomatically rather than going with the ominous alternative. China continues to be helpful!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 10, 2018

“The ominous alternative.”

Of course, some people also pointed out the misspelling of a world leader’s name:

40 mins later, POTUS still hasn’t corrected the spelling of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s name https://t.co/6CsxSXNdDI

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) March 10, 2018

Still not sure about #POTUS' usage of caps lock, but the proper spelling of the Chinese president's name is Xi Jinping. pic.twitter.com/dqy6el9LqS

— Sean Previl (@SeanPrevil) March 10, 2018

Actually the spelling should be Xi Jinping. #习近平

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) March 10, 2018

No clue why the names are in all caps but it’s XI JINPING. Nice work, DANALD. pic.twitter.com/30pwfakkPk

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 10, 2018

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