Lady in red? Trump told to see China president as woman to help pronounce name

Advisers thought this might ensure Trump pronounced Xi Jinping’s surname as ‘shee’, according to Michael Wolff’s book

As Donald Trump pondered ways to revolutionise perhaps the world’s most crucial and complex diplomatic relationship last year he faced one major hurdle: he couldn’t pronounce the name of China’s leader, Xi Jinping.

The solution? Think of him as a woman.

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