Can there have been any less news coverage of the top meet-up yet between Donald Trump and a foreign leader than there was for the 24 hours Xi and Trump spent at Mar a Lago. Crickets and a hopeful sign.. El Sisi, Abdullah II, Netanyahu, Merkel, May had bigger photo ops,and made joint public statements. It was crickets, however, for the meeting with the leader of the second-strongest power on earth, leader of the world's most populous nation, leader of America's largest source of imports and leader of the country most able to position itself as a warring enemy or a respected competitor.

On top of that Thursday night, after the steak and before the sorbet, president Trump told premier Xi that he's bombing a Syrian airfield. I jumped out of bed Friday morning to hear the joint communique.

No communique. Instead, intriguing bits of goodwill. "
Lots of very bad problems will be going away" was the extent of American verbosity plus a cute moment of the grand-kids singing in Chinese to the guests. This reads to me as a peace indicator, not a warlike one. Keeping things private and personal is the right setting to explore new ground. Everything public would be posturing, locking un-examined positions in place.
And what's with "Yi-Wan-Ka" and the Trump grandchildren singing in Chinese? Another indicator for co-regency instead of war. Ivanka is a life model to many Chinese women.
Two days later,
a little information emerged.
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