Xi vs djt - China Summit 2026: The Lecturer and Philosopher King vs The Other Guy

[konradv]

Have you never understood how the USA elects Presidents or is this a new thing?

We know you’re lying, because even using the electoral count, that isn’t considered a landslide

 

[Luckyone]

Why are you shilling for an authoritarian? Why haven’t you done the research?

Read my post again!! I am NOT “shilling” for anyone. Pointing to facts is not shilling. It is just being able to use my brain! Evidently, something you lack

 

[konradv]

Read my post again!! I am NOT “shilling” for anyone. Pointing to facts is not shilling. It is just being able to use my brain! Evidently, something you lack

The fact is that Xi is an authoritarian trying to get one over on a demented president. Anything else you may accuse me of is simply lack of info. Do better!

 

[Dante]

Prove it! Words are just opinion!

Is English your second language?

 

[JohnDB]

and therein lies the problem

people don't believe this White House

next

Nobody believes politicians....or at least they shouldn't.

Because what happens next is that the aides all get together and begin hammering out the dirty details of the various deals. The "fine print". China finds out how expensive those chips it wants to buy from nvidia are really going to be and the US finds out how little China is willing to spend on Soybeans.
Meanwhile everyone starts whining about the shortage of fentanyl...

 

[Dante]

Your cult doesn't believe the current White House.

International polls and surveys show that the majority of allied publics and many foreign leaders lack confidence in Donald Trump's leadership. According to Pew Research Center, majorities in key U.S. allied nations—including France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and neighboring Canada and Mexico—express no confidence in Trump's ability to handle world affair

 

[Dante]

How about you?
Do you not know how the USA elects Presidents?

Go away

 

[Dante]

The CCP is all about preserving their power. They do not employ any Marxist ideals. The Chinese people do not get any of “free stuff” conservatives say Communism promises.

I may not want to live in China, but.
Just the facts. Why? Because Facts Matter:

Chinese citizens have access to a variety of free or heavily subsidized services as part of the government’s public welfare system, primarily including basic, primary health care, compulsory education, and essential public health services. These benefits often depend on household registration (hukou) and are designed to improve living standards. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Key "free" or low-cost services include:

• Basic Public Health Services: All residents are entitled to a, free "basic public health service package". This includes preventative measures, community health assessments, and immunizations.
• Compulsory Education: The first nine years of education (primary and middle school) are free.
• Basic Healthcare (Subsidized): While not completely free, over 95% of the population is covered by government-supported health insurance (urban-employee, urban-resident, or rural cooperative schemes). These cover a portion of costs for inpatient and outpatient care.
• Low-Income Assistance (Dibao): A Minimum Livelihood Guarantee (dibao) provides cash assistance to households with incomes below the local minimum survival line.
• Social Assistance for Vulnerable Groups: The "Five Guarantee" system provides food, housing, clothing, medical care, and burial expenses for elderly, disabled, or poor individuals who cannot work and have no family support.
• Public Infrastructure & Services: Citizens often access free or low-cost services like libraries, public parks (often low-cost), and highly subsidized public transport in many cities. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

 

[Zincwarrior]

You think these are deals. These are what we had BEFORE TRUMP.

 

[Dante]

Nobody believes politicians....or at least they shouldn't.

It is ignorant based cynicism like that, that will kill a democracy.

 

[Dante]

You think these are deals. These are what we had BEFORE TRUMP.

 

[Luckyone]

The fact is that Xi is an authoritarian trying to get one over on a demented president. Anything else you may accuse me of is simply lack of info. Do better!

And the fact is, that it is more likely that Xi will be more successful in “getting one over” on Trump,,than Trump getting one over on Xi. Both are Dictators that value strength over all else!

 

[JohnDB]

It is ignorant based cynicism like that, that will kill a democracy.

The whole "chicken in every pot" promise never really resonated to its logical conclusion in your mind now did it?

It did in the rest of the world's brains....but not yours.

I think we need to bring you in for some scientific testing.....deep, intrusive testing....

 

[eagle7-31]

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The Lecturer and Philosopher King: Xi Jinping Behind Closed Doors | Encounters with other world leaders reveal a side of China’s leader that the public rarely sees, and offer clues to how he will approach President Trump in Beijing.
- David Pierson | May 13, 2026

More than halfway through his third term as China’s leader, Xi Jinping still remains one of the most opaque figures in global politics, his views on rivals and partners inferred from the tightly controlled choreography of his public appearances.

But in private meetings with foreign leaders, captured in the accounts of those who were there, along with the occasional hot mic, a sharper portrait emerges. It is of a leader who has no close rivals for power in China, who does not hesitate to lecture less powerful leaders, and who carries himself as a philosopher king in the mold of ancient Chinese rulers.

And by at least one account, Mr. Xi formed his verdict of President Trump nearly a decade ago — a judgment likely to have shaped his approach to global affairs ever since, including how he handles Mr. Trump this week in Beijing.

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It was late 2016, and Mr. Trump had just stunned the world weeks earlier by winning the U.S. presidential election. Mr. Xi was meeting President Obama for the final time at a summit in Lima, Peru, and he had questions.

Mr. Xi seemed baffled as to how American voters could choose someone so unconventional, according to Ben Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser in the Obama administration who attended the meeting.

Mr. Obama tried to explain to Mr. Xi that Mr. Trump’s rise was a sign of economic frustration in the United States, in part over the loss of manufacturing jobs to China and the theft of intellectual property. Mr. Xi, in Mr. Rhodes’s telling, was displeased with the explanation.

He put down his pen, folded his arms and said: “If an immature leader throws the world into chaos, then the world will know who to blame.”

Now, as he heads into a summit with Mr. Trump in Beijing, Mr. Xi will want to present China as a stable and strong global power, analysts say, while being conciliatory enough to preserve a fragile trade truce with Mr. Trump.

“I expect that Xi will show Trump respect but not flatter him,” said Susan Shirk, the author of “Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise.”

“The contrast with Trump’s unilateral and disruptive actions will be implicit, not explicit,” she added.

DANTE'S WORDS: We must say, we see the very realistic fears many people have that Trump will get rolled over, walk away and call it a win. We believe that these fears are keeping many people awake at night. Realistic fears based on a public record of Trump doing just that.



DANTE'S WORDS: Any scenario we can see, has the USA eventually coming out a loser.

the mass murdering communists and the lackeys can take a hike.

 

[Dante]

the mass murdering communists and the lackeys can take a hike.

Mass murdering? Are the commies in the Levant alongside Netanyahu and Trump?

Trump spoke publcly about wiping a nation of innocent human beings off the map because a-holes there run the place -- for now.

STOP PRETENDING YOU CARE ABOUT INNOCENT HUMAN BEINGS BEING SLAUGHTERED.

eagle7-31 "Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to "wipe Iran off the face of this Earth" or "blow the whole country up".

 

[Dante]

The whole "chicken in every pot" promise..

Brought prosperity to a few generations of Americans. It's the lost America MAGA keeps saying we can go back to.

 

[konradv]

I may not want to live in China, but.
Just the facts. Why? Because Facts Matter:

Chinese citizens have access to a variety of free or heavily subsidized services as part of the government’s public welfare system, primarily including basic, primary health care, compulsory education, and essential public health services. These benefits often depend on household registration (hukou) and are designed to improve living standards. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Key "free" or low-cost services include:

• Basic Public Health Services: All residents are entitled to a, free "basic public health service package". This includes preventative measures, community health assessments, and immunizations.
• Compulsory Education: The first nine years of education (primary and middle school) are free.
• Basic Healthcare (Subsidized): While not completely free, over 95% of the population is covered by government-supported health insurance (urban-employee, urban-resident, or rural cooperative schemes). These cover a portion of costs for inpatient and outpatient care.
• Low-Income Assistance (Dibao): A Minimum Livelihood Guarantee (dibao) provides cash assistance to households with incomes below the local minimum survival line.
• Social Assistance for Vulnerable Groups: The "Five Guarantee" system provides food, housing, clothing, medical care, and burial expenses for elderly, disabled, or poor individuals who cannot work and have no family support.
• Public Infrastructure & Services: Citizens often access free or low-cost services like libraries, public parks (often low-cost), and highly subsidized public transport in many cities. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

LOL!!! You don’t get free health care in China. That’s total misinformation. There is no assistance for low income workers. Pensions are ridiculously low. Education is substandard, unless you can pay for expensive private schools.

If you want real info on China, I recommend China Fact Chasers.

China Fact Chasers

 

[eagle7-31]

Mass murdering? Are the commies in the Levant alongside Netanyahu and Trump?

Trump spoke publcly about wiping a nation of innocent human beings off the map because a-holes there run the place -- for now.

STOP PRETENDING YOU CARE ABOUT INNOCENT HUMAN BEINGS BEING SLAUGHTERED.

Going after terrorists and their backers is not murder. You obviously have no clue about communists and their history.

 

[Dante]

LOL!!! You don’t get free health care in China. That’s total misinformation. There is no assistance for low income workers. Pensions are ridiculously low. Education is substandard, unless you can pay for expensive private schools.

If you want real info on China, I recommend China Fact Chasers.

China Fact Chasers

caveats? okay, but stop lying. China is a big place. I would not want to live there. But we detest blowhard liars like yourself.

 

[Dante]

Going after terrorists and their backers is not murder. You obviously have no clue about communists and their history.

You sickos demonize huge swaths of innocents o by no choice of their own end up being born in certain places.

Based on reports from early 2026, the US-Israeli conflict with Iran resulted in thousands of casualties. By early March 2026, over 3,400 people were reported killed in Iran, while at least 26 Israelis were killed and thousands injured, according to Al Jazeera. [1, 2, 3]
Casualty Estimates as of Spring 2026:

• Iran: Over 3,400 killed in US-Israeli attacks.
• Israel: Roughly 26–30+ killed in retaliatory strikes.
• Lebanon: Over 1,200 killed in related escalations, PBS NewsHour reports.
• US Service Members: Approximately 13–15 killed, says NBC News and Wikipedia.
• Regional: Over 2,000+ total casualties across Lebanon, Iraq, and Gulf states. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

These figures fluctuated rapidly, with Al Jazeera noting continued strikes into March and April.

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