Stephen McDonnell

China does know how to turn on these ceremonies, even for its main global competitor on the world stage, or perhaps because this is China's main global competitor on the world stage. Maybe it's even more incentive to really show off the heart of Beijing, and certainly for someone like Donald Trump, they know how to make him feel special, so he arrives in his motorcade with all the motorbikes in front, there's the guard of honor, the music,

Ja Donald Trump näyttää erityisesti kuin pieni joukko lapsista, jotka joutuvat ylös ja kertovat, että joo, siellä hän oli, tekemässä Donald Trumpin suunnitelman ja kappaleen. Joten kuten sanoin, luulen, että Kiina tietää, miten tehdä hänet erityisen. Ja kommentteihin, joita kuulimme aiemmin, hän on vastannut kovasti hänen ympäristönä Xi Jinpingin.

Tämä on hauskaa, koska Donald Trump tekee yksinkertaisesti, hän on vähän kuin China, tämä ja se, paitsi minun huonoa käsitystäni, mutta hän kritisoi Chinaa yksi minuutti ja sitten kutsuu hänet seuraavaksi. Hän on tehnyt tätä koko ajan. Yksinkertaisesti, koska hän tykkää vahvaa ihmistä.

He brags about his friendship with authoritarian leaders all over the world. And when it comes to Xi Jinping, it's no different. But you know, it's interesting to see his body language. Normally he can be very bombastic, even rude in the presence of other leaders. But when he comes here, he's sitting across from a power equal and seems to realize it. So just the way that they shake hands, the way he sort of behaves in Xi Jinping's presence, it's like he wants Xi to like him and he sort of wants him to like him.

Hän haluaa tuntua, että tässä me olemme, me olemme nämä kaksi mahtavaa arvoa, ja me voimme tehdä ratkaisuja, jne. Hän ei ole todennäköisesti Donald Trumpin show-off, jota näemme muissa asioissa. Ja puhutaan ratkaisuista. Mikä on todennäköistä, että se tulee olemaan konkreettinen, eikä vain lämpimästi sanomia ja käsiä ja hauskaa?

The answer is possibly not much, because there's this big delegation of CEOs from the US who have accompanied Donald Trump. I don't think we're going to see massive trade deals signed by them. Perhaps some symbolic ones. I mean, if China agreed to buy a few more Boeing jets.

That would make the US government pretty happy. But I think people should be looking out not so much for the specifics of the deals, but more the imagery associated with this and whether or not they can recast the relationship. I mean, one sign would be for them to reaffirm.

that the tariff war detente will continue. That in theory could run out in October. I know we have a few months to go, but that would be something. Like I said, the optics though are not nothing, and I think that is part of it for both of these governments.

That council appears to be focused on the sheer scale of Iran and the power of its military to inflict damage, not just on U.S.

forces in the region, but on allies in the region, too.

And what does that mean for opinion within the MAGA movement, which we know divides between a kind of J.D.

Vance view of not getting overentangled and someone like H.R.

McMaster, who we heard on the programme the other day, saying there was a price to doing nothing in Iran.

It was better that the president acted.

Well, it's still very early in the morning here in Beijing, but no doubt what the Chinese government will say is that, look, other countries shouldn't be expected to feel grateful just because Donald Trump eased up on some of the chaos that he's responsible for in the first place.

Well, it's still very early in the morning here in Beijing, but no doubt what the Chinese government will say is that, look, other countries shouldn't be expected to feel grateful just because Donald Trump eased up on some of the chaos that he's responsible for in the first place.

They'll also say that everything they've been saying to this point about the damaging nature of tariffs remains true today, perhaps even more so. For ordinary Chinese people, I think what they'll take from this is that Es ist wahrscheinlich, dass es an irgendeinem Punkt zwischen Beijing und Washington geschlossen wird. Nun, die Frage ist, woher der Trigger kommt.

They'll also say that everything they've been saying to this point about the damaging nature of tariffs remains true today, perhaps even more so. For ordinary Chinese people, I think what they'll take from this is that Es ist wahrscheinlich, dass es an irgendeinem Punkt zwischen Beijing und Washington geschlossen wird. Nun, die Frage ist, woher der Trigger kommt.

In der Zwischenzeit weiß Beijing, dass Donald Trump versuchen wird, sie zu wecken, um China als den schlechten Mann in diesem Szenario zu verleihen. Ich denke, sie versuchen wahrscheinlich, es auszuweichen, bis das passiert. while the pantomime, as they would see it, plays out in Washington, and then that eventually an off-ramp will present itself and they'll take it.

In der Zwischenzeit weiß Beijing, dass Donald Trump versuchen wird, sie zu wecken, um China als den schlechten Mann in diesem Szenario zu verleihen. Ich denke, sie versuchen wahrscheinlich, es auszuweichen, bis das passiert. while the pantomime, as they would see it, plays out in Washington, and then that eventually an off-ramp will present itself and they'll take it.