House Speaker Johnson said Biden projected 'weakness' while meeting Xi Jinping

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., blasted President Joe Biden, saying that the president projected weakness while meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

“Anyone who looks at this objectively has to agree that President Biden is projecting weakness on the world stage,” Johnson said during a “Cats and Cosby” interview with host John Catsimatidis. “I am from the [President] Reagan school. He always said we maintain peace through strength. He was exactly right.”

On Wednesday, Biden and Xi met at the Filoli Historic House and Garden in Woodside, California, on the sideline of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco.

The two world leaders reportedly discussed concerns about fentanyl, Israel's war on Hamas and military communications.

China later went after Biden for referring to Xi as a "dictator during a press conference following the meeting.

“If you project weakness, you invite aggression," Johnson said, according to The Hill. "It’s a dangerous time right now to be inviting aggression on our country. That’s why you see China, Iran, Russia, all of our adversaries around the world … being very provocative.”