Opinion | Trump-Xi Talks: When One Is Playing Chess, And Other Is Flipping The Board
As Donald Trump prepares for talks with Xi Jinping between May 13 and May 15, the most important contrast may not be between the United States and China themselves, but between two fundamentally different styles of leadership, decision-making, and strategic time horizons. Trump approaches geopolitics tactically, transactionally, and reactively. His diplomacy is summit-driven and media-centered,…