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Trump baffles allies by literally rolling out the red carpet for China
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The White House Has Already Declared Victory. The Meeting Is Apparently Optional.
A Summit Built Backward
Politico’s Playbook described a planned Wednesday visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington as rich in ceremony and poor in expected substance. Former and current Trump officials quoted in the report saw little prospect of a meaningful artificial-intelligence agreement. Yet when a senior White House official was asked what would make the meeting successful, the answer was blunt: “We’re going to say that regardless.”
The Power to Manufacture the Verdict
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