"European allies have refused to bail him out, Russia is undeservedly benefiting from inflated oil prices and poorer countries bear the brunt. Trump is not winning militarily, either, as shown by his half-baked, on-off Project Freedom. He's desperate to escape the quagmire he created and reduce Xi's advantage. What will Xi make of his epically furious guest? For China, Trump is the gift that keeps on giving."
Trump is portrayed as disrupting the international order through erratic, poorly planned actions across multiple crises. He is expected to enter a China-Taiwan standoff and seek a diplomatic success after policy failures involving Ukraine, Gaza, NATO, Greenland, Iran, and Lebanon. His goals for the Beijing summit include obtaining Xi Jinping’s promise not to arm Iran if fighting resumes and securing Chinese help to keep the Strait of Hormuz open within a proposed framework peace deal. Reduced US support for Taiwan is speculated to be a potential price for Chinese cooperation. The Iran war is described as unpopular with US voters, while energy, food, and medicine prices are blamed on Trump, with allies refusing to offset costs. China benefits from the growing perception of the US as an unreliable or treacherous partner.
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