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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,318 posts)
Fri May 15, 2026, 08:25 PM Friday

How Two Words From China's President Finally Silenced Trump

Donald Trump will leave China a chastened man.

If he didn’t know what Xi Jinping meant by raising the specter of the Thucydides Trap when he arrived in Beijing, you can be sure that he does now.

Because it was a warning issued by a leader who is very much Trump’s equal in power and way more experienced at using it.

Amid the pomp of Trump’s arrival on Thursday, Xi invoked a classical Greek reference suggesting that war is often inevitable when a rising power challenges a hegemon.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/two-words-china-president-finally-203156856.html

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sop

(19,260 posts)
3. "He left Washington on Tuesday in a bombastic mood, insulting a female reporter on the way to his Marine One helicopter
Fri May 15, 2026, 08:41 PM
Friday

and insisting he doesn’t give a thought to Americans struggling with their finances."

"Before that, for nights on end, he spewed Truth Social posts lambasting everyone from Barack Obama to his own appointed Supreme Court Justices, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett."

"But since that shaded welcome and two hours of talks behind closed doors with his 'friend' Xi, Trump has been muted. He looks serious and thoughtful...and old."

Sounds like Xi tore Trump a new one. I hope someone who was there reveals what was said behind those closed doors.

GenThePerservering

(3,696 posts)
5. Trump was really trying to pump himself up for that meeting
Fri May 15, 2026, 11:26 PM
Friday

meanwhile, he constantly looked defeated, while Xi constantly looked serene.

Cha

(320,496 posts)
6. Significant quotes...
Sat May 16, 2026, 02:48 AM
Yesterday
Trump is consumed with manipulating the markets on Fox News. Xi sees power in terms of centuries rather than news cycles.

Up to now, China has treated Trump with kid gloves. But as a sophisticated anathema to the fast-talking, knee-jerk Trump, Xi has taken off the gloves this week, hinting at the power at his fingertips.

Xi is smart for a Dictator, knows history, isn't impressed with the fox "news" line of bullshit.

PEDO is all Gaslight, LIES, and Bullshit... Leaders can sense that.

I am so Glad about this TY!



Cha

(320,496 posts)
9. TY! Two Words PEDO wouldn't get.
Sat May 16, 2026, 05:35 PM
14 hrs ago

He had to go all the way to China to Find Out.

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