What Trump and Xi said at their bilateral meeting in Beijing

Donald Trump has arrived in China to much pomp and ceremony. His state visit – the first by the US president in nearly a decade – comes at a time of geopolitical upheaval, a new and intractable conflict in the Middle East, and a sometimes rocky relationship between the world’s two big superpowers. Subscribe ► youtube.com
Trump began his trip by describing the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, as a friend and promising the US-China relationship was “going to be better than ever”. Xi was more circumspect. He expressed hope that the two superpowers could avoid conflict, and wondered if China and the US could transcend the Thucydides trap, according to an official English translation of his remarks broadcast by CCTV. Thucydides trap refers to an idea that when a rising power threatens to displace an established power, the result is often war. There is much for Trump and Xi Jinping to discuss. #trump #xijinping #donaldtrump #beijing #china