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Chinese leadership watches Grandpa Pudding Brains confidently explain imaginary fast-food statistics

Beijing once again gets the full Grandpa Pudding Brains experience!

Jason Weisberger
May 14, 2026
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There’s diplomacy, and then there’s whatever it’s called when The Orange Menace visits China and attempts cultural flattery by inventing restaurant statistics on the spot. Offering Beijing a clear indicator that they’ll have to put in less effort to convince him their ideas were actually his than usual.

I can only imagine this was a joke he heard from hi…

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