Trump is selling the idea that he would be meeting up with Xi, visiting Beijing in April. China has been very quiet about it, non committal. The big question is whether Xi would want to meet up with Trump. With all his previous meetings, Xi was made to look like a loser. Would Xi not learn anything, and want to continue to be made to look bad by Trump to the world and to the Chinese people?
Trump deceived and slamdunked Xi on three of their meetings. Xi welcomed Trump to China and gave him a reception never ever been bestowed on any foreign leader. Trump was not grateful and attacked Xi immediately on his return to the White House. He started a series of trade wars against China and mischievously called Xi his good friend. This is low class betrayal to a good friend, or he actually meant it to be an insult to Xi, that Xi is so gullible.
The second attack was during the Covid Pandemic. Trump demonised China and viciously put the blame on China while knowing very well it was a big lie. Now the whole world knows that the Americans were the cause of spreading the Covid19 virus and hideously forced the world into jabbing themselves with poisonous mRNA vaccines to make a pile from the victims of this cruel American lie.
The third rude attack against Xi was the arrest of Meng Wanzhou while having dinner with Xi in Brazil. This kind of low down unethical gangster behaviours cannot be simply ignored and for Trump to think that all is well, and Xi would accept the slap and forgive him.
If Xi were to meet Trump again, be it in Washington or Beijing, and Trump were to fix him again, Xi would lose all credibility as the leader of the Chinese people, to be cheated over and over again and still asked to be cheated again, making a trip to Washington to be slapped by Trump.
It would be worse and beyond redemption if Trump were to stage an incident like what he did to Zelensky on Xi in the White House. Xi has been known for being cordial and polite in public appearance. How would Xi react if he would be put in the same position as Zelensky? He might as well commit suicide right on the spot if he allows such a situation to happen to him. Xi cannot be compromised in public, in front of the whole world. There is no reason for Xi to trust scoundrel Trump not to do it to him. Everything is possible to Trump.
The whole world is watching whether Xi would meet Trump just because Trump wants to meet him. It is no difference from the Americans calling for a meeting with the Chinese and telling them that they want to discuss about the bad behaviours of their wives and fathers and mothers. For decades of meetings with the Americans, with Trump, nothing good has come out of it. China was always on the losing side, except for the meeting in Alaska.
China must decide when they want to meet or talk with the Americans and to set the agenda, not to be led be the nose by the Americans. Xi should only meet Trump if he behaves well and stop all the wars against China. Period.
Trump is telling Xi, I am bashing you so that you come pleading for mercy. This is Trump's gangster tactics. For Xi to go to meet Trump after being bashed is a sign of weakness, that Xi has capitulated, feeling the pain, and going to Trump to beg him not to hit anymore. And it would mean that Trump's tactic has succeeded in forcing Xi to talk and to concede to Trump's demands for more concessions.
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Trump never did change his gangster behavior. During his first term, he started the trade war, by increasing tariffs on Chinese goods and warned China not to retaliate. Who in his right mind would tolerate being slapped and then turning the other cheek to be slapped again? China retaliated and the USA's agricultural sector bore the brunt of the retaliation. The USA government was forced to subsidize farmers to keep them alive. I do not know how long they did the subsidizing, but it surely is not a one-off action.
Now, to attract investments into the USA, Biden and now Trump had to give massive subsidies to lure those semiconductor manufacturers to build factories in the USA. What other subsidies to lure other manufacturers of consumer products to the USA is to be expected. This is obviously needed and will these businesses be lured to set up factories in USA just looking at the short-term subsidies and betting against the long-term losses. They obviously can never compete outside the USA and what are they going to do?
I would dare say that investors of manufacturing being forced to build factories in USA are between the devil and the deep blue sea. For USA companies like John Deere, not moving back to the USA is choosing punishment by Trump, while moving back to the USA is equally fatal by being uncompetitive. Being uncompetitive means facing bankruptcy like many of the ICE Vehicles manufacturers making EVs that cannot compete with BYD and other Chinese automakers.
Suffice to say, Trump is isolating the USA even in relationships with close allies and he will get what he wants, but at unimaginable cost.
It is now up to Xi whether he wants to meet with Trump, just like what he did with Biden.
That is a new game changing move. In the past, fifty African leaders had to fly to Washington to be humiliated by Biden, with threats levied against them if they do not comply by being summoned. While there they were each given just a couple of minutes to speak, given US$350 million to develop digital infrastructure in Africa, had a photoshoot and flew home with just a photo to show. How is sharing US$350 million among 50 countries going to develop digital infrastructure, not being even enough to erect pylons for installing signal stations. The dictating game is now over.
Just wondering how the India/Middle East/Europe economic corridor is progressing, LOL. Or has it been burnt into ashes together with all of India's hope. India refused to join the BRI and betted on building castles in the air by joining the India/Middle East/Europe economic corridor, thinking only of its big name being mentioned. India had been conned, of all people by someone with dementia. That is how blind India has become.
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