Donald Trump will participate in the first-ever trilateral meeting between the leaders of the U.S., China and Russia on the sidelines at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in China next week, senior U.S. officials told reporters Friday evening.

Trump is expected to discuss Iran with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the officials said, but he does not intend to discuss Russia's war with Ukraine during the trilateral meeting.

Denuclearization will be the focus of the long-awaited trilateral meeting, though officials do not anticipate the leaders reaching any concrete agreement and are characterizing this meeting as an initial conversation broaching the subject.

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[–] 35 points 1 day ago* (16 children)

Donald Trump is a total loser, USA is now dancing to the tune of China. Trump behaves like China already is the #1 global power.
Trump has no honor or integrity, which is probably why he can't see how this is a bad look for USA.

USA has become the laughing stock of the world, failing in every way possible. Failing against Russia, failing the Iran war, failing with tariffs, failing with their economy, losing allies and losing their global political power.

If the goal of Trump is to destroy USA, he couldn't be doing a better job.

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  • [–] 18 points 23 hours ago (1 child)

    Trump's goal is whatever benefits Trump at the time in his opinion. That's it. The path of destruction he leaves is just his niche of specialty.

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  • [–] 2 points 18 hours ago

    True, but I could also have stated it as Trump voters, if their goal is to destroy USA, they couldn't have done a better job than to give Trump Presidential power, and GOP a majority in both houses, so he can perform the destruction unhindered.
    Ultimately the blame lies with the voters. With everybody that didn't vote accepting this outcome, and thereby being complicit.

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  • [–] 4 points 17 hours ago (1 child)

    I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but China is the number one superpower.

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  • [–] 1 point 17 hours ago

    Yes you are right at least partly as a minimum. Without allies USA is the underdog in many ways now. It was very clearly demonstrated by China when Trump tried to engage in a trade war with China, that China is already the stronger more resilient economic power, in part because they control more natural resources than USA does. And with the Iran war Trump has manged to demonstrate the serious limitations of the American military.

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  • [–] -2 points 21 hours ago (11 children)

    Huuumm yeah! And this is… bad?

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  • [–] -1 points 18 hours ago (10 children)

    Yes it is, because neither USA or Europe are big or strong enough to counter China, so instead of a balance of power, it is very likely that China will take over the dominant position of USA. To balance China we need USA to be an ally of the free world.

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  • [–] 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 child)

    Why is China becoming the economic center of the world bad? That’s the baseline for humanity. China has always been the moat powerful country in the world, except for like 200 years.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 hours ago

    Being the economic center of the world is not bad in itself, at least not in my opinion. China getting out of being a poor country is actually good, improving life conditions for 1.3 billion people as absolutely stellar.
    But unfortunately we have seen China becoming more aggressive as they have become more powerful. It was not healthy that USA was unchecked for many years, and it will not be healthy if China becomes unchecked either. There needs to be balance.

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  • [–] 1 point 18 hours ago (7 children)

    A) China is the free world.

    B) You are assuming China wants to rule the world, instead of essentially ensuring Chinese stability during the transition into socialism during the current 15 year plan.

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  • [–] 1 point 18 hours ago (6 children)

    Oh please, we've seen China exert all kinds of political pressure on neighboring countries, and even EU countries. To control aspects that are none of their business. Like what books about China should be allowed in European libraries.
    If you think China is better than USA, you are deluding yourself.

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  • [–] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 child)

    China hasn’t been in a war, ever. Like the modern Chinese state. They have never invaded a country. That by itself is better than the US…

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  • [–] 1 point 4 hours ago*

    They are technically currently at war with India. Over Indian territory they bought illegally from UK when India was a UK colony.

    Apart from that they have also been aiding in wars like Vietnam and Korea.
    Granted China may not be as much a warmonger as USA, but that is in part because USA was the global leader by far for ½ a century. China was not in a similar position to wage war. Hopefully they will be more peaceful than USA.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 minutes ago (1 child)

    Oh, so it's a conspiracy theory, got it.

    The movement is banned in China since 1999 and its practitioners strongly persecuted and in many cases, their organs harvested through state sanctioned rackets according to rights groups.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 minutes ago*

    How the fuck is that a conspiracy theory? The result of Chinese delegation, went right to the top in China, and it became a diplomatic crisis between Norway and China.
    You are not accepting facts, but twisting them to suit your blind beliefs.

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