Trump and Xi Meet in Beijing. Musk, Cook and Jensen Bring Economic Prestige to Taiwan, Melania, Rubio and Hegseth.
The United States and China are competing to sell hamburgers: the American dream vs. the Chinese dream. Two different forms of soft power.
Trump’s “panicans” are legion. The war against Iran is nothing more than a miscalculation.
Trump and Xi prepare to face each other. Between threats and rare earths, both swear to the same vow: never kneel.
TikTok allows China to project pragmatism and a willingness to negotiate. It is not a defeat; it is a victory. Robert Redford in The Sting would have understood it that way, too.
President Xi just made a rare visit to Europe, bringing to mind a famous song about Che Guevara.




