The Western world looked at the Beijing Summit and saw a transaction. For people who have done business in China, they understand that to make a deal, the deal itself should not be mentioned during the first business meeting. https://open.substack.com/pub/taxestechcpa/p/trumps-visit-to-xi-a-hunters-graceful?r=k687f&utm_medium=ios
Enthusiast
They are laughing at him 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rising Star
It was transactional all right. Trump gave and China took.
I made it though about a paragraph of that but then asked myself wtf I was reading.
Leftists feel so much insecurity these days
Enthusiast
The May 2026 visit to Beijing exposed the American political establishment’s persistent misjudgment about the limits of diplomacy with China: generations of leaders debated the “Iran problem” while fearing Chinese backlash. The global “expert class” portrayed Donald Trump as a dangerous, impulsive actor whose “America First” doctrine would shatter the post-WWII order and plunge the world into “jungle law.” Instead, by watching the 2026 Beijing Summit showed a “man of impulse” decisively neutralizing the Iranian threat, China’s dedollarization ambitions, and the BRICS bloc, and then walked into the Great Hall of the People to forge a high-stakes rapport with Xi Jinping, the establishment’s predictive authority is shattered.
Enthusiast
How the market reacted to the 2026 Summit the next day: https://open.substack.com/pub/vaughncordle/p/what-the-brent-futures-curve-is-telling?r=k687f&utm_medium=ios
"The curve reflects what the market believes today. Tomorrow’s curve will reflect what it learns tonight." 👍
Enthusiast
P R O P A G A N D A!!!!!
Enthusiast
The market on May 20, 2026 believes the same.
Rising Star
It’s worse than before the summit.
From ~$80 Dec ‘26 projection back in mid-March to $91 now.
Enthusiast
The summit was an unmitigated disaster for the US.