Kate Hawkesby

But would you want to lead the team?

Because the team does have to have a leader.

That's a brilliant idea.

The only thing is, how do we get hold of BTS?

Wait, who's on the phone, Elmo?

Thank you.

I mean, we can dream Shakira.

It's the U.S.

approach that they call strategic ambiguity.

One thing he agreed to today is going to order 200 jets.

I mean, this was all about praise, pomp, pageantry.

This was a very warm on the surface meeting between these two leaders, but you didn't have to scratch far to find where the tensions actually lie because these are two leaders of

The two biggest superpowers that America's own national defence strategy has warned about the significant challenges that the US faces with China.

And Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, was saying this

just a matter of yesterday.

And Taiwan became the real sort of flashpoint.

He has said this before, not just about, you know, the United States, but others, but particularly making this a direct message to the US president in the room.

It was fundamentally clear what he was trying to do here.

We're told in the coming days he's going to publicly respond to that.

That's according to his Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessett.