If there’s one thing Vice President JD Vance is going to do, it’s embarass Americans everywhere.
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In a now-viral clip, Vance discussed the Trump administration’s foreign trade policies with China by directly insulting Chinese people.
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“I think it’s useful for all of us to step back and ask ourselves, what has the globalist economy gotten the United States of America? Fundamentally, it’s based on two principles. Incurring a huge amount of debt to buy things that other countries make for us.”
“To make it a little more crystal clear, we borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture.”
“That is not a recipe for economic prosperity, it’s not a recipe for low prices, and it’s not a recipe for good jobs in the United States of America…President Trump is taking this economy in a different direction.”
As you can guess, people are appalled at Vance’s statement. “genuinely how does a vice president get away with calling chinese people ‘peasants’ in 2025. holy shit,” one person wrote.
Some people pointed out the irony of Vance growing up poor himself. “He says ‘Chinese peasants’ with such venom and condescension. You would think the poverty in which he grew up would give him some empathy, but instead it did the opposite,” another person said.
“the craziest part is knowing this is the same guy who wrote a book about growing up poor in Appalachia,” this person agreed.
Others pointed out the benefits that China has over the US. “‘Chinese peasants’ are enjoying the world’s largest high speed rail network, the world’s most advanced EV cars, they live in one of the safest countries in the world with little crime, they have more affordable and better healthcare, cheaper groceries and some of the most advanced and futuristic cities on the planet. But yet this guy is mad because China should have just stayed poor and been a manufacturing country for the benefit of America. I wish JD Vance would go to China so he could learn the truth”.
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