BQ78 said:

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One of the greatest results of this trip is Trump got Democrats to realize that China is a threat.

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Unfortunately, they won't acknowledge that out loud...

I'm sure this has been talked about, but the chairs are grossly taller (firmer cushions etc) for Xi than for Trump. Xi is always a good 5 inches taller than Trump.

We would do the same thing, but it's been so obvious on this trip.

President Trump's tweet today:

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@realDonaldTrump

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. Our Country suffered immeasurably with open borders, high taxes, transgender for everybody, men in women's sports, DEI, horrible trade deals, rampant crime, and so much more!

President Xi was not referring to the incredible rise that the United States has displayed to the world during the 16 spectacular months of the Trump Administration, which includes all-time high stock markets and 401K's, military victory and thriving relationship in Venezuela, the military decimation of Iran (to be continued!) Strongest military on earth by far, economic powerhouse again, with a record 18 trillion dollars being invested into the United States by others, best U.S. job market in history, with more people working in the United States right now than ever before, ending country destroying DEI, and so many other things that it would be impossible to readily list. In fact, President Xi congratulated me on so many tremendous successes in such a short period of time.

Two years ago, we were, in fact, a Nation in decline. On that, I fully agree with President Xi! But now, the United States is the hottest Nation anywhere in the world, and hopefully our relationship with China will be stronger and better than ever before!

5/14/26, 2:42 PM

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

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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.

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Inside the Great Hall of the People, Xi told Trump that "the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations. If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy," he added

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After decades at the head of the table, the U.S. under Trump has withdrawn from 66 international organizations and environmental treaties, including the World Health Organization, the Paris Climate Agreement, and major United Nations climate bodies.

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It is natural cycle for empires to be on an upwards path for a period of time, then they peak and stay on a level plateau for awhile, then they decline. The U.S.A. empire is in the decline phase. We peaked around 1969. Maintained through 2000. The USA hegemony empire began to slowly decline after that.

Trump has exacerbated and sped up decline, but he didn't cause it. A decline was inevitable.

China will go through a similar pattern. They are on the upslope right now.

So does this mean the US will start supplying China with oil from Alaska? I guess if we have extra oil and they want it, then it should help our trade relations. The Boeing plane orders seems huge, winning on lots of fronts. Iran can't like what they are hearing today. Trump the master business wheeler and dealer… and winner

fullback44 said:

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So does this mean the US will start supplying China with oil from Alaska? I guess if we have extra oil and they want it, then it should help our trade relations. The Boeing plane orders seems huge, winning on lots of fronts. Iran can't like what they are hearing today. Trump the master business wheeler and dealer… and winner

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And they get to take Taiwan like they did with Hong Kong. Not sure I like the "deal" for tech or the citizens in Taiwan.

FriscoKid said:

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fullback44 said:

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So does this mean the US will start supplying China with oil from Alaska? I guess if we have extra oil and they want it, then it should help our trade relations. The Boeing plane orders seems huge, winning on lots of fronts. Iran can't like what they are hearing today. Trump the master business wheeler and dealer… and winner

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And they get to take Taiwan like they did with Hong Kong. Not sure I like the "deal" for tech or the citizens in Taiwan.

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I'm with you… not sure this is a good thing. But removing nuke potential from Iran is necessary, plus cutting off the cash cow for Iranian oil sales. These thing are way over my head, I don't understand a lot about world politics. Stopping fentanyl precursors to the US is big.. too many bad things happening w young people right now

LOL, Trump clearly has his phone back, on the plane (these are confiscated by our officials to prevent hacking/spyware while in China).

This is the most artfully constructed and well-planned humiliation I have ever seen. pic.twitter.com/RBKWCiYWNc

— St. Wilding Gyres (@wilding_gyres) May 15, 2026

JFC…who in WH comms let this picture get taken.

Cheung needs to be airdropped somewhere between Beijing and Alaska over the North Pacific without a parachute.

Schumer was saying Trump is selling out Taiwan and cozying up to a bad guy.

https://www.democrats.senate.gov/news/press-releases/leader-schumer-floor-remarks-warning-president-trump-to-protect-americas-economic-interests-and-not-sell-out-taiwan-in-negotiations-with-china

K2-HMFIC said:

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This is the most artfully constructed and well-planned humiliation I have ever seen. pic.twitter.com/RBKWCiYWNc

— St. Wilding Gyres (@wilding_gyres) May 15, 2026

JFC…who in WH comms let this picture get taken.

Cheung needs to be airdropped somewhere between Beijing and Alaska over the North Pacific without a parachute.

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bless your heart

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DeschutesAg said:

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

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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.

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Inside the Great Hall of the People, Xi told Trump that "the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations. If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy," he added

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After decades at the head of the table, the U.S. under Trump has withdrawn from 66 international organizations and environmental treaties, including the World Health Organization, the Paris Climate Agreement, and major United Nations climate bodies.

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It is natural cycle for empires to be on an upwards path for a period of time, then they peak and stay on a level plateau for awhile, then they decline. The U.S.A. empire is in the decline phase. We peaked around 1969. Maintained through 2000. The USA hegemony empire began to slowly decline after that.

Trump has exacerbated and sped up decline, but he didn't cause it. A decline was inevitable.

China will go through a similar pattern. They are on the upslope right now.

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one of the most stupid posts on this site.

the United States is LITERALLY the strongest economy and strongest military in the history of the world.

we have an economy 10 trillion dollars larger than China.

if we are on the downslope- who is on the "upslope" according to your theory?

I also notice you provided no metrics, facts or actual data to back up this ludicrous hypothesis.

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Maybe the USA just needs to sell two more teas to get back on top.

Just need to stop borrowing 2 trillion a year.

Don't know why the Texags filters think this is awful but if it never shows it is a t-shirt that says "Communists for Trump."

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K2-HMFIC said:

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This is the most artfully constructed and well-planned humiliation I have ever seen. pic.twitter.com/RBKWCiYWNc

— St. Wilding Gyres (@wilding_gyres) May 15, 2026

JFC…who in WH comms let this picture get taken.

Cheung needs to be airdropped somewhere between Beijing and Alaska over the North Pacific without a parachute.

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bless your heart

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Comms teams pay attention to backdrops and where their principle will be positioned in order to prevent stuff like this…it's part of any sort normal pre planning.

FriscoKid said:

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fullback44 said:

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So does this mean the US will start supplying China with oil from Alaska? I guess if we have extra oil and they want it, then it should help our trade relations. The Boeing plane orders seems huge, winning on lots of fronts. Iran can't like what they are hearing today. Trump the master business wheeler and dealer… and winner

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And they get to take Taiwan like they did with Hong Kong. Not sure I like the "deal" for tech or the citizens in Taiwan.

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You are literally just making things up that are CONTRADICTED

by what Rubio and Trump JUST STATED PUBLICLY IN THE LAST 24 HOURS

"President Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Friday

that he "made no commitment" on the issue of Taiwan during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week."

Stop hyperventilating over Taiwan based on nothing

LMCane said:

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"President Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Friday

that he "made no commitment" on the issue of Taiwan during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week."

Stop hyperventilating over Taiwan based on nothing

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O'Reilly was sharing that the WH was going to do something…this wasn't out of nowhere.

But, until the TWN arms deal hasn't been approved yet…hopefully it is.

This trip has made clear that the PRC's intentions for ROC are less subtle now. No one is surprised but they were blatantly saying hands off America.

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LMCane said:

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"President Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Friday

that he "made no commitment" on the issue of Taiwan during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week."

Stop hyperventilating over Taiwan based on nothing

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O'Reilly was sharing that the WH was going to do something…this wasn't out of nowhere.

But, until the TWN arms deal hasn't been approved yet…hopefully it is.

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Rubio and Trump both very clear that our policy on Taiwan remains the same.

K2-HMFIC said:

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This is the most artfully constructed and well-planned humiliation I have ever seen. pic.twitter.com/RBKWCiYWNc

— St. Wilding Gyres (@wilding_gyres) May 15, 2026

JFC…who in WH comms let this picture get taken.

Cheung needs to be airdropped somewhere between Beijing and Alaska over the North Pacific without a parachute.

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BQ78 said:

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This trip has made clear that the PRC's intentions for ROC are less subtle now. No one is surprised but they were blatantly saying hands off America.

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that has been made clear for half a century.

DeschutesAg said:

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

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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.

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Inside the Great Hall of the People, Xi told Trump that "the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations. If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy," he added

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After decades at the head of the table, the U.S. under Trump has withdrawn from 66 international organizations and environmental treaties, including the World Health Organization, the Paris Climate Agreement, and major United Nations climate bodies.

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It is natural cycle for empires to be on an upwards path for a period of time, then they peak and stay on a level plateau for awhile, then they decline. The U.S.A. empire is in the decline phase. We peaked around 1969. Maintained through 2000. The USA hegemony empire began to slowly decline after that.

Trump has exacerbated and sped up decline, but he didn't cause it. A decline was inevitable.

China will go through a similar pattern. They are on the upslope right now.

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Yahoo. lol.

Exiting everything in bold is a great thing for America. All of that is wealth redistribution policy and has nothing to do with their names. This is all known.

I do not disagree that our hegonomy may be declining but like you said it's natural. We can't fund the security of the planet forever. We've done so for 85 years via Bretton Woods but now we are pushing $40T in debt and the rest of the western world uses us for defense while funding their own cradle to grave welfare.

Regarding China, they are not on the upslope. They have massive financial and societal fissures throughout their country coupled with inherent structural disadvantages. Xi just had to put down a coup against himself, they've stopped reporting many of their metrics to hide what's happening, they are going through significant deflation, they are staring at a massive depopulation event they have zero control over, they have no ability to be energy independent, they can't feed their own population without massive importing, on and on.

Re: Taiwan

Nothing has changed. I do not understand the hyperventilating on this.

China: Taiwan is their most important issue.
USA: Largely ignores Xi's comments (again) and with no change in our existing policy.

Not just Yahoo, it's a Daily Beast article.

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Not just Yahoo, it's a Daily Beast article.

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Well, even more lol then.

Obviously but have they ever blatantly told us hands off as they said on this trip?

And the verbiage and reference to old fables is something Gee Ping Pong has used several times before. So any characterization that it is "new" or "more serious" rhetoric than before is nonsense.

Libs continue to be in meltdown as Trump bounces around the world and country making things right, better, great agin.

BQ78 said:

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Obviously but have they ever blatantly told us hands off as they said on this trip?

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Yes, on every other trip, visit and meeting.

BQ78 said:

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Obviously but have they ever blatantly told us hands off as they said on this trip?

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They have always made it abundantly clear that is their position

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K2-HMFIC said:

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This is the most artfully constructed and well-planned humiliation I have ever seen. pic.twitter.com/RBKWCiYWNc

— St. Wilding Gyres (@wilding_gyres) May 15, 2026

JFC…who in WH comms let this picture get taken.

Cheung needs to be airdropped somewhere between Beijing and Alaska over the North Pacific without a parachute.

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Thx Christ.

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K2-HMFIC said:

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LMCane said:

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"President Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Friday

that he "made no commitment" on the issue of Taiwan during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week."

Stop hyperventilating over Taiwan based on nothing

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O'Reilly was sharing that the WH was going to do something…this wasn't out of nowhere.

But, until the TWN arms deal hasn't been approved yet…hopefully it is.

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Rubio and Trump both very clear that our policy on Taiwan remains the same.

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Very glad to hear that.