Few things are more dangerous than a misinformed public seized by moral panic and a righteous indignation. Such crowds are easily led and misled by inciting whichever sentiment best benefits those co-opting the wills of the people to do right.
As anybody who have made real business with China knows, when they roll out the red carpet they are not interested in doing business, just showing off the visitor⦠And if they provide a luxury banquet for the visitor then one can just return home as a waste of timeā¦
So Trump rolled out the red carpet and met up Putin when he landed in Alaska. When Trump arrived to China, he was met by the vice premier⦠Xi didnāt show upā¦
Trump the idiot is making China more powerful with more friends, this is very bad for Taiwan and the world
If the only bad news is that billionaires got a free trip to China on a trade junket that didnāt really pan out, thatās only bad news for US taxpayers. And theyāre still just getting what they voted for.
Well Xi gave Trump some rose seeds for the beautiful WH rose gardens, except Melania had then all dug up so thereās no place to plant the seeds, which Xi knows full well.
Ttump did get a Boeing deal, which was so far below expectations that Boeing stock fell 4%; OTOH Trump did say he was going to pause the already announced Taiwan arms deal, so that was a nice present for Xi in exchange for nothing. Could have been worse, and the next one will be.
Economically no deal is better than the usual Trump deal
No movement on Taiwan, which is great
No movement on Iran, which was expected
It could be argued that America was humiliated by Xi pointing out how America is in decline as part of his welcome speech. But thatās the kind of thing that an Asian would read into it, I donāt think the average American would have any clue that they were being insulted. Says a lot that this is how Xi sees the current state of the relationship.