Yes what a difference. But that respect was earned by our President from prior meetings here between the two where our President treated Xi with respect due his office. I am sure Obama would not have treated him as such and would have went off on one of his IIIIIMEMEMEME tirades. Respect is earned and President Trump is earning it BACK after 8 long years of Obama.
But our 547(?) other elected officials in the FERAL Government refuse to listen and we need to cast off our chains of oppression that these are placing around us. Elections will not fix them and they need to be removed from their nest. President Trump knows they are the weak link
all of the above plus respect for the mighty US dollar which purchases Chinese products and Chinese support of American debt. We have closer ties than people realize. I don’t remind of this as a negative, but as fact. Much closer than we have with Russia.