Trump Downplays Xi-Putin Beijing Tea Meeting as 2 Leaders Signal Closer Anti-US Alignment
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Updated · The Daily Beast · May 20
Trump Downplays Xi-Putin Beijing Tea Meeting as 2 Leaders Signal Closer Anti-US Alignment
12 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · May 20
Trump said Xi had told him in advance about the private tea meeting with Putin and called it "good," while insisting his own China visit received the more impressive ceremony.
The Beijing meeting looked more substantive than Trump’s trip: Xi and Putin used the informal session and joint statements to present China and Russia as a coordinated counterweight to U.S. policy.
Their language condemned the "assassination" and "abduction" of world leaders, attacked unilateral management of global affairs and warned against a return to the "law of the jungle".
Trump, by contrast, struggled to specify what Xi had agreed to during their talks last week, offering only vague descriptions and touting an unconfirmed Boeing deal.
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov underscored the shift by saying the "spirit of Beijing" now "genuinely exists," a jab at last year’s "spirit of Anchorage" reset in U.S.-Russia ties.
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