Watch Antony Blinken's reaction as Joe Biden calls Xi Jinping 'dictator'

Antony Blinken appeared to react with a visible flinch and a disapproving shake of the head as Joe Biden described Xi Jinping as a “dictator”.

The US president made the off-the-cuff remark on Wednesday soon after a rare summit with the Chinese president on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meet in San Fransisco.

“Look, he is. He’s a dictator in the sense that he’s a guy who runs a country that is a communist country that’s based on a form of government totally different than ours,” Mr Biden said responding to a question from reporters.

China’s foreign ministry described the comments as “wrong and irresponsible”.

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[bilalmohammadi]

Every time Biden opens his mouth without a script, Blinken loses part of his soul😂

[whiteknuckles]

Blinken's expression is priceless.

[TheOnlyOne]

Everyone can relate to Blinken if you have worked for a stupid supervisor 😂😂😂

[jaikumarjadhav]

It's evident that Blinken was already nervy around that topic, but even he was like "Ahh, not again...."😂

[sajjadtariq]

Blinken was bracing for impact and Biden went right through

[antelopelol]

Blinken is like: Please don't say it, please don't say it.

[a---------------]

Blinken is dreading the incoming paperwork 🤣

[yipfrank]

As Obama once said, "Don't underestimate Joe's ability to screw things up."

[AntonioGazzaneo]

American foreign diplomacy Is funnier than ever nowadays

[sjk]

Joe sometimes makes us happy by his remarks 😂

[TheCarajos]

6 months preparing that meeting, 2 days agreeing on plans and new agreements... Biden opens his mouth for 3 seconds and screws everything up as always 😂😂

[nibolyoung]

It's like: you spent 10 hours making a beautiful and delicious cake for your boss, but your boss accidentally knocked it over when he took it from your hand.

[huypham-wypn]

The words "dictator" and "communist" hit blinken so bad 😂😂😂

[minchen]

Blinken's reaction looks just like every time I opened my wallet.

[theancientsancients]

Often foreign ministers have to iron out what their leaders say 🤐

[rolimiranda]

0:23 when your boss totally screwed up and you just can't do anything

[TheMorbidOtaku]

0:16 You can actually pinpoint the second when his heart rips in half.

[asielmundo]

In the middle of the chaos and tragedy this made my day.

[freakalmighty]

Journalist knew exactly what she was doing. Fair play.

[gagandeepkaur]

I love this divide within their own party 😂
Blinken’s soul left his body 😂