https://freerepublic.com/tag/thucydidestrap/ en-us Fri, 15 May 2026 13:53:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379379/posts “When President Xi very elegantly referred to the United States as perhaps being a declining nation, he was referring to the tremendous damage we suffered during the four years of Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, and on that score, he was 100% correct,” [ snip ] Trump did not point to a specific comment made by Xi. But the post comes after his Chinese counterpart, in opening remarks at a U.S.-China bilateral meeting, questioned if the two nations could overcome the “Thucydides Trap” — a theory suggesting that when a rising power threatens to displace an established one,... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379379/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2026 13:53:41 GMT