Showing up planeside for Xi shows diplomatic strength. The U.S.-China relationship will define this century, and Trump is not interested in freezing out the world's second-largest economy while it builds up its military simply to pacify domestic politicians. The administration is right to be rolling out the red carpet as a means to a diplomatic end for the sake of future world security.
Beijing armed Iran with intel used against U.S. troops, propped up Putin's war and strip-mined American AI companies at industrial scale. Rewarding that record with a military flyover, a state banquet and a president waiting on the tarmac does nothing but buy a photo op Xi never bothered to reciprocate. This visit reveals an America on its knees.
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