According to a video posted by @clashreport, a White House official, recalling a visit to China in 2016 in public, expressed doubt about outside predictions at the time that China was about to rise. The official said he felt confused after returning from China, and openly mocked China for not even having proper toilet facilities at the time, thereby expressing contempt for China's level of development.
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2026-10-15 19:33 · White House: I remember back in 2016, we were told that China was on the horizon. I had just come back from China then, and I was thinking, "How is China the next country on the horizon
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White House Official Publicly Questions China's Development Level and Mocks Its Infrastructure
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