'We are SO screwed': Jen Psaki says Biden admin '[welcomes] stiff competition' from China when it comes to nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles

As usual, Jen Psaki put on quite a show at today’s White House press briefing. She threw in plenty of jaw-droppers.

And this moment may have been the most incredible of them all:

Asked by @AP's @AJJaffe on China's space nukes, Jen Psaki says she won't be "comment[ing] on the specific report," but claims the U.S. "welcome[s] stiff competition" from China though they "do not want that competition to veer into conflict." pic.twitter.com/qERh76FmGp

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 18, 2021

Sorry … what?

PSAKI: "I'm not going to comment on the specific report…We've made clear our concerns about the military capabilities that the PRC continues to pursue & we've been consistent…We welcome stiff competition, but we do not want that competition to veer into conflict."

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 18, 2021

She really said that.

I was assured the adults were back in charge

— Virginia Yankee (@VirginiaYankee1) October 18, 2021

Well, they seem to be in charge in China, at least. This country is another story entirely.

Is this a chili contest?

— Hank (@The_Real_Hank_) October 18, 2021

We wish.

It's like they brought in somebody from Media Matters with no foreign policy experience to run the country. https://t.co/QUqw1IKXRA

— Jazz Shaw (@JazzShaw) October 18, 2021

Create the next Biden admin talking point:

China’s new space nukes…

A) are actually a good thing.

B) mean Biden’s foreign policy is working.

C) is another reason why we have to pass Biden’s radical tax-and-spend agenda. https://t.co/OulnSDX3GV

— Chad Gilmartin (@ChadGilmartinCA) October 18, 2021

When Trump (idiotically) complimented Putin, Dems/media insisted Trump was a secret Russian agent and that there were pee tapes.

How do we explain this.

— Reclaiming My Everything (@WhyIsKorisTaken) October 18, 2021

The only explanation for this is that Joe Biden and his administration are terrible and incompetent. Did we mention terrible? And incompetent?

This is a conceit that goes back to the Obama admin. Every time a foreign adversary confronts the US – sanctions busting, arms proliferation, hostage taking, etc. – they put on a show of being tough kids who refuse to get baited. The problem is they're letting the US get rolled. https://t.co/0ims5rglWW

— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) October 18, 2021

We know how this story ends.