You didn't read the article in the OP's link, did you? Or, if you did, then reading comprehension isn't your strong suit.
From the link in the OP......................
Former President Donald Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a Saturday rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a video shows.
"I've got to know a lot of the foreign leaders, and let me tell you, unlike our leader, they're at the top of their game," Trump said, comparing Xi and Putin to President Joe Biden.
The former president went on to describe Xi and Putin as "fierce" and "smart" before anticipating the reaction from the media.
And here, he's trying to say that the "fake news" is gonna say he said something, AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY THE VERY THING HE SAID "FAKE NEWS" WOULD SAY HE SAID!
"A lot of times, I'll call somebody smart, and the 'Fake News' will go, 'he called President Xi smart,'" Trump said.
"He rules with an iron fist, 1.5 billion people, yeah I'd say he's smart," he continued. "Wouldn't you say he's smart?"
I'm pretty sure that the GOP's former deity (Reagan) is rolling over in his grave with all the crap that Trump has been spewing. With the current way many in the GOP have been praising and defending Trump, it appears that they have completely forgotten about their previous object of worship (Reagan).