Conan O'Brien Quotes

At the state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao, Hu opened a fortune cookie that said, 'You will lend us another trillion dollars.'

Conan O'Brien

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• Dinner
• Hu Jintao

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• At the state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao, Hu opened a fortune cookie that said, 'You will lend us another trillion dollars.'

  

  Conan O'Brien
  • President
  • Chinese
  • Dinner