From the annals of chattels, they wanted Xi to accept California as a tied, bound, gagged and bagged (complete with entirely captured elections) as economic and political hostage in exchange for money and support for the political scams of the Dems and the bankrupted corporate foreign occupied foreign city state of Washington DC. Apparently, Xi deferred and gave them nothing, so Biden Actor, ass chapped, rendered the dictator remark.
(Note: Biden is telling the truth...but that is the problem)