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Trump Meets Xi as Rubio Becomes Marco Liu and the Zelensky Myth Cracks Further
Today on International Flavor, Samuel Trapp examines Donald Trump’s China visit, Xi Jinping’s Taiwan red line, Iran and Hormuz, business leaders in Beijing, and the strange diplomatic farce of sanctioned Marco Rubio entering China under a changed Chinese transliteration. Samuel also reviews fallout from Yulia Mendel’s Tucker Carlson interview, including Ukrainian media pushback, Zelensky’s office attacking her credibility, Russian amplification, and the broader weakening of the “Zelensky equals Ukraine” narrative. The episode closes by asking whether Washington now negotiates from command —…
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