{"id":23934,"date":"2026-05-14T10:01:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/?p=23934"},"modified":"2026-05-14T10:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:01:52","slug":"trumps-junket-turning-into-world-class-fustercluck-as-xi-threatens-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/2026\/05\/14\/trumps-junket-turning-into-world-class-fustercluck-as-xi-threatens-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Junket Turning into World-Class Fustercluck as Xi Threatens US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The aging American &#8220;strongman&#8221; is flailing on the world stage and in the most important diplomatic event since he seized power.<\/p>\n<p>AP: China&#8217;s Xi Warns Trump That Differences Over Taiwan Could Lead To Conflict &#8211; more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/china-us-summit_n_6a05564fe4b0def65bfbe33b\">here<\/a> and at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/05\/14\/2026\/xi-warns-trump-over-taiwan\">Semafor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>AlterNet: Tense &#8216;standoff&#8217; between Secret Service and Chinese security \u200bas &#8216;confrontations&#8217; escalate &#8211; more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/trump-china-trip-secret-service\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Irish Star: Fight breaks out in Trump meeting with President Xi amid shouts of &#8216;get the f&#8211;k out&#8217; &#8211; more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/news\/us-news\/breaking-fight-breaks-out-trump-37153218\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NBC: China and U.S. agree Hormuz should not be \u2018militarized,\u2019 Marco Rubio says &#8211; more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/asia\/rubio-trump-xi-china-us-agree-hormuz-iran-nuclear-rcna345079\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Krugman: A Failing, Flailing President Supplicates Xi &#8211; more <a href=\"https:\/\/paulkrugman.substack.com\/p\/a-failing-flailing-president-supplicates?utm_source=post-email-title&#038;publication_id=277517&#038;post_id=197663328&#038;utm_campaign=email-post-title&#038;isFreemail=true&#038;r=x584e&#038;triedRedirect=true&#038;utm_medium=email\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>HuffPo: CNN Spots Something Unusual As Anti-Trump Posts Go Viral In China &#8211; more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/donald-trump-china-viral-posts-online_n_6a058f12e4b0def65bfc015c?origin=home-latest-news-unit\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Reich: The Most Important Thing You Should Know About the CEOs Traveling to China with Trump &#8211; more <a href=\"https:\/\/robertreich.substack.com\/p\/the-most-important-thing-you-should\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mediaite: Trump Riffs on Railroad Workers and \u2018Chinese Restaurants\u2019 in State Banquet Toast &#8211; more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-riffs-on-railroad-workers-and-chinese-restaurants-in-state-banquet-toast\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DEVELOPING\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aging American &#8220;strongman&#8221; is flailing on the world stage and in the most important diplomatic event since he seized power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23935,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23934\/revisions\/23935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}