Even modest exposure to East Asian history should teach American students to respect -- and never to underestimate -- the Chinese people. President Donald Trump, the keenest observer of human nature and staunchest defender of American interests at least since President Ronald Reagan,

Donald Trump's consistent pressure around the Panama Canal has finally yielded some results as a Hong Kong conglomerate has now agreed upon selling its stake in two Panama Canal ports to American and Swiss investors.

As President Donald Trump unleashes sweeping changes across the US government and overturns decades of American foreign policy, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is preparing to hold a major political gathering designed to project tightly-controlled stability.

In seeking accord with U.S., Beijing wants to avoid becoming isolated like the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

“Never in history has a President of the United States capitulated to the enemy,” said M alhuret, reflecting on Trump’s baffling subservience to Russian President Vladimir Putin and constant belittling of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “Never has anyone supported an aggressor against an ally.”

Contrary to Beijing’s expectations, China seemed to have been let off easy in the early days of the Trump 2.0 presidency. Will that last?

Donald Trump’s America, Vladimir Putin’s Russia, and Xi Jinping’s China, a trio which splits the world into sectors of influence. As his former national security adviser, John Bolton, observes, Trump,

K eeping abreast of Donald Trump’s utterances on tariffs, from actual announcements to vague threats, is a dizzying task. One day he is set on wrecking the integrated North American economy; the next he wants to appease carmakers that depend on it.

The last time President Donald Trump climbed the rostrum in the House chamber to deliver an address to Congress, he arrived freshly impeached, a mysterious new virus was beginning to spread and Democrats had just begun the process of nominating his challenger.

In order to ease tensions that have remained since the trade war began during his presidency, he said that a meeting with Xi could open the door to a new trade agreement, which many analysts consider crucial.