If this is true, we can expect Xi to extract something of equivalent value from Trump in exchange. So far nothing of sort has been mentioned, like a one way victory for Trump, if he is believeable. Is this another unequal treaty in the 21st Century on China?
Even if this is true, that Chinaman always lose, always gave in to the Americans, would Trump be nice enough to reciprocate and give something in return or be nicer to China? Not at all. The White House is gloating about how China was forced into selling TikTok. Not only that, the attack and war to bring down China continues in greater pace. Trump is hammering China with more tariffs.
Trump is forcing 27 European countries to levy 100% tariffs on Chinese goods as a punishment for buying Russia oil. Can you beat that? And Trump is expecting Xi not to do anything otherwise and continue to let Trump have TikTok? What else after this, more pressure, coercion and tariffs against China, more attack on China with TikTok in his pocket and smiling broadly, dancing on stage to show the Americans and the whole world that this is how he dealt with China, by force, and China crumbled with no resistance.
Actually, this is a case of too good to be true. Now matter how callous and dumb Trump is, he cannot rub it in on Xi when the deal is not even signed. And every stupid American, Trump included, is familiar with how important face is to China, and Xi. Getting a good bargain by force is bad enough, and to make Xi lose face in front of the Chinese and the world, and to continue to launch more attacks against China must break something for sure. Xi cannot look weak to the Americans and the world. Xi can give away TikTok as a generous gesture but NOT to give it away because he was forced or threatened by Trump.
What do you think? Is lunatic Trump in his usual self again, talking nonsense and spreading lies again?
The meeting in South Korea is likely to be off. China has cancelled all his room reservations. Trump can hope to travel to the DMZ to meet up with Kim instead, if Kim bothers to meet him.
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When Trump talks about days from a deal, better write them off as hearsay he got from some imaginary character in his demented mind during his sleep the night before, nothing else.
When has Trump ever did things on schedule as gloated, always having extensions made over and over, corrections made later over and over, new terms added or removed over and over, sometimes one step forward and two steps back. USA citizens called him TACO for a good reason.
Trump is always just talking to himself, making deals with himself. All over social media, the talk is that Trump has been made a fool of by Putin and Xi, manhandled by Netanyahu, and yet he thinks he has the upper hand. Those on the upper hand do not show any desperation for a meeting with his opponents but just wait for opponents to reach out to him. Does Trump's behavior show he is on the upper hand?
Now, even South Korea is not bending over under Trump's threat of paying the US$350 billion investment upfront. South Korean workers who were arrested like criminals by ICE are not even interested in returning to work on the Hyundai plant.
Trump is so stupid that he is not even aware that he is the butt of insults delivered by Lee Jae-myung in the Oval Office earlier, who asked Trump if he is going to build a Trump Tower and casino in North Korea when the time comes to talk to Kim Jung Un. Everyone saw the insult, except Trump and his sycophants.
Byte Dance is not selling the whole global reach of Tik Tok, only the USA operation. This is just to disable Tik Tok dispensing information about the genocides in Gaza that USA citizens are being cut off. This is one area that Israel wants to censor, as it is instrumental to its continued support by the USA Congress.
Ironically, USA is giving US$20 billion aid to Argentina when it is facing shutdown right now. The question is how Argentina is going to repay that loan, knowing that it is even unable to service its IMF loan taken ages ago. It is no more than throwing borrowed money after equally bad money.
Any signed agreement made yet?
USA tried to bully China in many areas, but what is the result?
Trump wanted to start a trade war with China, and he got it. China retaliated by ditching USA soya beans and corn and buying from other sources, giving countries like Brazil and Russia more business within BRICS and helping with de-dollarization, killing two birds with one stone. Now, Scott Bessant is almost in tears accusing China of using agriculture to hold USA farmers hostage. Is he really serious? What about the USA holding China hostage over high-end chips and technology? Who started the trade war and now who is suffering the consequences? Why is Scott Bessant whining about farmers being held hostage while the USA is doing exactly the same thing to China in chips.
Now, trade between China and the USA has dropped significantly due to the tariffs. China now has no qualms about decoupling from the USA, while the USA is now caught in its own trap. China already warned it is ready for any war with the USA. Is Scott Bessant going to blame China for the drop in trade between the two countries? Who started the tariff nonsense? Now, who is suffering the consequences?
USA consumers and retailers need Chinese products for the end of year festive season and has difficulty sourcing for similar products elsewhere. China has little problem with imports from the USA that it can't buy from elsewhere like energy from Russia and Iran and is thus not too worried about the declining two- way trade.
When the shit hits the fan, the USA needs China more than what China needs from the USA. This has been proclaimed loud and clear by the desperation shown by Scott Bessant regarding the plight of USA farmers. But, too bad, the Chinese market is gone for them forever.
The shit has hit the fan, and Trump is now begging countries to buy USA farm products. He is still pressuring China to buy more USA soya beans. Such a shameless bigot.
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