What happened at the APEC Meeting in Peru and the G20 Summit in Brazil said it all. The Americans are in decline and China is being pushed to the centre stage by unknown forces that are shaping the new world. It was not that Biden was being asked to stand in a corner in Peru, and it was also not because he was forgotten or no one bothered about his attendance that the photo shoot went ahead in Brazil without Biden. No one missed Biden or thought it was necessary to wait for the President of America anymore.
Everything came together to dismiss the presence of Biden, the President of USA, supposedly the most powerful and most important person in the world. Everyone knows that Biden did not matter anymore. He was on his way out. Not only that, he was just a mascot of the American Empire, without any power, without the mental capacity to lead as a President, not in a position to make any decision. He was just there like a piece of furniture, in both events.
With a President like Biden, America cannot lead the world. And his handlers were not senior enough to represent America. They were not the head of state. In a way, nobody cares whether Biden is there or not there. While many leaders were lining up to have serious meetings with Xi, no one wanted to meet up with Biden, except for some casual talk about nothing. The USA was as good as not present in both Meetings or irrelevant.
So much for having an ineffective mentally challenged old man as the President of America. Biden's successor in Trump is going to isolate the Americans further. Who would want to meet up with Trump, well known as a rogue, a gangster and with little etiquette or refinement as a national leader? On a bad day, meeting with Trump is going to be rough, to be treated as garbage by a bigger piece of garbage.
Trump will behave like a dictator or emperor in his own conceited and callous way. Every national leader with some sense of self respect would stay clear of Trump. They would rather fly to Beijing to meet up with the ever courteous and polite Xi, to be treated with honour and decorum accorded to all national leaders, big or small. And more, Xi would also be able to offer more financial and technical aid or trade deals to whoever he met, on a win win basis. No national leaders would feel threaten in the presence of Xi. Everything will go on with respect, decorum and dignity.
Trump on the other hand had given early warnings that he is going to deal with every national leaders like a mafia boss. He is going to demand every country, especially American allies and doggies, to pay up or be booted out of his good book. He is going to raise tariffs with every country that wants to trade with his America. He is going to threaten any nation state that joined BRICS and wanted to dedollarise, not wanting to use the American dollar.
In such a mood, every national leader would avoid Trump as far as possible. Washington and the White House would not be a pleasant place to visit, unlike the warm and friendly Beijing and President Xi. With such a political climate and a political rogue in Washington, American leadership is as good as cooked. Canada and Mexico has rebelled, Europe is pushing back, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan have their tails in between their legs. The rest of the world are in shock.
The world would be looking towards China and a sensible and cordial Xi to lead. Even European leaders would be frightened to meet Trump or be around him. This is how the invisible hand has been working for Xi and China to play a greater role in international affairs, as the new leader of the world.
Biden is incapable of leading, in no position to lead. Trump would not lead, cannot lead but behave like a gangster, a big bully, and would be held in contempt by the national leaders of the world.