Posted on 02/12/2025 8:34:23 PM PST by Mariner
As the war in Ukraine grinds toward its fourth year, US President Donald Trump has made clear which world leader he thinks can help America end the conflict: Vladimir Putin’s ally Xi Jinping.
“Hopefully, China can help us stop the war with, in particular, Russia-Ukraine … they have a great deal of power over that situation, and we’ll work with them,” Trump told political and business elites gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last month.
Trump expressed that hope, he has repeatedly said, in a call with the Chinese leader days before being sworn in last month – and it’s a subject that could be raised in the coming days as officials from around the world gather in Munich for an annual security conference.
While Trump may have complicated his plan to orchestrate peace alongside Xi by imposing a blanket 10% tariff on Chinese imports into the United States earlier this month, the war in Ukraine could be a rare issue of collaboration – especially as Beijing looks to avert deepening trade frictions.
“Given the stakes on US-China relations, if Trump prices China’s cooperation as the one critical issue that could improve US-China relations, I think China will be very tempted … (and could) play a helpful role,” said Yun Sun, director of the China Program at the Stimson Center think tank in Washington. At the same time, she added, Beijing will be wary of undermining its alignment with Russia.
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It will turn the world upside down.
And serve US interests in several ways.
Welcome to The Upside Down.
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WTF?!!!!!!
Trump is amazing in being integrating with all global actors.
Don’t think they are dumb enough to let him hand them a bloody knife
He just wants their involvement as notary of acceptance
I don’t know if China would help. But I know if Turkey was attacked from the rear, Greece would help.
That’s a laugh.
I think Trump has been calling Xi’s bluff over and over. Kind of trolling him.
I’ll admit it: I didn’t see that coming.
So the U.S. is going to own Ukraine, but the Chicoms are going to run it?
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