Having said that, for the sake of history he HAD to give the Chinese one try at least, and also had he not given a try first, you would hear holy hell from CNN and NYT and WaPo for years on end that he shot from the hip.
So now that it is done and over with, Trump learned his lesson, lets go on to the next matter of business.
When Asians speak with someone with real Authority, they will invariably be very respectful.
Invariably.
Trump is in a position of real responsibility. He is independently wealthy, and also President. As such he has real authority. Just as Xi also has real authority.
What you had earlier this year, was that both men lived up to their positions fully. A “good relationship” was fully observed.
However, Trump may have interpreted that too much, like Xi is an American. He is not an American. He is the leader of a large, powerful nation with many goals which run 100% opposed to America’s.
Completely. And Trump will not usually hear from Xi when they disagree on things. Other countries do not share Americans’ tendency for honesty. China has a very long history of people speaking carefully. Xi is obviously good at that, because he has been very successful there.
He will act upon his goals, even while agreeing publicly with Trump’s.
Donald you are doing a great job. I am very happy to have voted for you, and I support you greatly.
But don’t mistake China for America.
It is a very large, very powerful communist nation, which is completely for CHINA.
100%.
You can be friends sometimes with their leader, but they are not America.
Never have been. Never will be.
Exactly. If Trump goes to war, and it is as messy as everyone expects, he would be roundly criticized for NOT addressing China for it’s cooperation first. Plus, he needs the measure of Xi. This could be another war in which the US does the fighting only to have a bystander reap the laurels, like Iran did after Saddam.
The collateral damage will be horrendous, and there seems to be no way to avert it.
Were I a South Korean citizen, I would be bugging out for some point as close to Pusan as I could get, darned sure far from Seoul.
I doubt Trump is as naive as you make him out. He knew he had to go through the motions in the lead up to the eventual military actions which will result in a form of chaos as our enemies pile on. Going negative at the time would have been counterproductive.