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Trump labeled 'weird' as Xi delivers blunt warning right to his face
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The Presidency Is Not a Courtship Ritual
A Summit Framed as Submission
At a White House meeting reported only as occurring “Thursday,” Xi Jinping invoked the “Thucydides trap,” while President Donald Trump received him with unusually elaborate ceremony. Commentators Phillips P. O’Brien and Michael McFaul interpreted Xi’s reference as depicting China as ascendant and the United States as declining. Their interpretation is not proof that Xi intended an insult, but the surrounding spectacle made the charge politically potent.
Trump Controlled the American Stage
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