While Donald Trump is desperately trying to get the respect, and if not the respect, the attention through military might, of the media and the world, Chinese media is noticing. They think he s a joke.China hasn t been a fan of Trump since he first stepped into politics. He s a  big mouthed clown. In an editorial published this week, China s state-owned Global Times newspaper condemns the billionaire candidate as  big-mouthed  and  abusively forthright. Source: CNNThey called his election a  democracy malfunction. Opinion:@realDonaldTrump turn #election away from common sense,logic. #democracy malfunction https://t.co/23nDl1d5R0 pic.twitter.com/aMiYNCFw1g  China Xinhua News (@XHNews) March 4, 2016He s Mussolini or Hitler: The rise of a racist in the US political area worries the whole world,  the party-controlled Global Times crowed this week ahead of of Trump s victory in the latest round of primaries.  He has even been called another Benito Mussolini or Adolf Hitler by some western media. It added, darkly:  Mussolini and Hitler came to power through elections, a heavy lesson for western democracy. Source: The GuardianThey mocked Trump s spelling:On Sunday, the Chinese Communist Party linked Global Times newspaper questioned Trump s response in an editorial and highlighted his misspelling in the headline:  Unpresidented  Trump adds fuel to fire. He seemed emotionally upset, but no one knows what he wanted to say,  read the article.  Trump is not behaving as a President who will become master of the White House in a month. Source: TimeThe Communist paper, the Global Times, called him  ignorant as a child. Many people might be surprised at how the new U.S. leader is truly a  businessman  through-and-through,  the paper said, referring to Trump s suggestion of using the  one China  policy as a bargaining chip.  But in the field of diplomacy, he is as ignorant as a child. Source: Huffington PostAfter his complete 180 in regards to China being a currency manipulator, and Trump s attack on Syria, Chinese media really let him have it.How the news Trump won t label China a currency manipulator plays here:  Eating his words!   Trump slaps self in face, again  pic.twitter.com/sxeCvuwBcM  Te-Ping Chen (@tepingchen) April 13, 2017Their most frightening response, and perhaps their most precient, was applauding Trump s Syria attack, saying that it will mire the United States in the Middle East: If the United States gets trapped in Syria, how can Trump make America great again? As a result, China will be able to achieve its peaceful rise,  Mr. Shen said, using a term Beijing employs to characterize its growing power.  Even though we say we oppose the bombing, deep in our hearts we are happy. Source: New York TimesLet that sink in for a while. It was the exact same plan Osama bin Laden had for us. It almost worked.Featured image via Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images