The WSJ dropped the bombshell: Xi Jinping angrily called the White House and demanded silence from Japan.

Trump immediately confronted his historic ally to save the agricultural deal.

Geopolitics has literally become a bargaining table!

2️⃣ Tokyo touched a raw nerve

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi did what no one expected: she promised to mobilize troops if China invaded Taiwan.

For Beijing, this is not just military rhetoric.

Coming from Japan—a former imperial invader—it's an offense bordering on a declaration of war.

3️⃣ The Past Condemns

Why the deadly hatred? Japan colonized Taiwan for 50 years and devastated China in World War II.

In the mind of the Communist Party, Tokyo is the "defeated nation" and has no moral authority to comment on Chinese territory.

Xi Jinping sees any Japanese move there as an attempt to revive imperialism.

4️⃣ Taiwan: The World's Vault

The dispute goes far beyond past grievances. Taiwan manufactures 90% of the world's cutting-edge chips (TSMC).

Whoever controls the island holds the global economy by the neck—from iPhones to nuclear missiles.

If China takes Taiwan, Japan (and the West) loses its energy and technological security the very next day.

5️⃣ The 30-Minute Ultimatum

The conversation between Xi and Trump was reportedly tense. The Chinese leader spent half an hour listing grievances and demanding that the US control its "vassal."

Xi's argument: Japan is disrupting the world order and needs to return to its place.

If Washington did not act, the bilateral relationship would sour.

6️⃣ The red phone rang in Tokyo

Trump called Takaichi with a "suggestion" that sounded like an order: turn down the volume now.

The American president warned that he would not tolerate Japanese diplomacy ruining the commercial rapprochement he had just brokered with China.

7️⃣ The bill: 12 million tons

This diplomatic "betrayal" cost 12 million tons of soybeans.

That was the volume that China promised to buy from American farmers by the end of the year.

In Trump's calculations, the Midwest harvest is worth a lot.

8️⃣ Live retreat in Parliament

The "shut up" tactic worked.

Under pressure, Takaichi changed her speech today in the Japanese parliament, saying that she "would not go into hypothetical details".

9️⃣ "Cut-Neck" Diplomacy

While the soybean deal was going through, a Chinese diplomat posted on social media that Takaichi "should have his neck cut."

The brutality of the rhetoric shows the magnitude of the risk.

Trump guaranteed agricultural profits, but left Japan exposed to the wolves.