[Williams]

I don’t think trying for a few months equals “being had”. Seems to me Trump is acknowledging this quite quickly and openly. Now he doesn’t have to hold back and give China anymore chances.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Trump told the PRC, (when Xi visited Florida) that he would "go easy on them on trade and back off" if they would get behind us on North Korea. That was the "deal".

Well. He got a big fat Chinese YES.

In Asia in business, you know that you have your YES and then you have your YES.

Surprising for a guy who prides himself on being smarter than all these other chucks along the line who have been had by Beijing and that he would do us better and smarter. Disappointing. The Japanese here in Tokyo sure know it, they saw it coming, too. But, what could they do?? He just had to learn it the hard way and get screwed first.