and that's an understatement

"I am going to back to Washington and meet with the president of China. He is a dictator. He can do a lot of things through the form of government they have," Reid told KSNV television.

"Maybe I shouldn't have said 'dictator,' but they have a different type of government than we have – and that is an understatement," said Reid, who had been asked about the prospects for cooperation in divided Washington.