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Putin, Xi Caught on Hot Mic Discussing Immortality at Parade

Putin, Xi Caught on Hot Mic Discussing Immortality at Parade
Above: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tiananmen Square on Sept. 3, 2025. Image copyright: Alexander Kazakov/AFP/Getty Images

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Pro-establishment narrative

Two of the world's most ruthless dictators were caught fantasizing about achieving immortality through endless organ transplants — a macabre delusion that reveals their god-complex mentality. While their people suffer under oppression and war, Putin and Xi casually discuss transcending human mortality, embodying the terrifying narcissism of tyrants who believe they deserve to rule forever.

Establishment-critical narrative

This story just serves as a distraction from the real progress being made through this visit. The two leaders made quiet interest comments to one another that reflected shared insights about biotechnology; Western media is now spinning this out into some quasi-psychological assessment, in order to avoid telling the truth — this meeting of nations signposts a remarkable allyship that could come to change the global political landscape.

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