Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week is a capstone event meant to demonstrate the president’s indelible mark on world history.
But while Chinese pageantry will portray him as an honored statesman, the visit will also show how some of Trump’s decisions — including a war with Iran that he can’t end — risk undercutting his authority and American power.
A tumultuous global situation consciously created by the American president will make the backdrop for this summit unlike any meeting of US and Chinese leaders since President Richard Nixon coaxed China onto the
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