Xi was publicly embarrassed and likely politically harmed within the CCP party. I don't mean that they are going to throw him out, only that asian culture is very big on "face" and he lost it here.
China looked like amateur hour "babbys first cross hemispheric outpost".
The multi-year effort to create an ally in western hemisphere unraveled in 45 mins, with Maduro being perp-walked in chains.
In contrast to the above, I'm actually surprised Trump has been as quiet as he's been on the "china situation" vis a via Venezuela. I think the only rational explanation for the almost super level of decorum shown by Trump here is that he recognizes how exposed Xi is, thus anything he says will rub salt in the wounds thus he is trying to offer Xi a modicum of "face".
My view:
Xi was publicly embarrassed and likely politically harmed within the CCP party. I don't mean that they are going to throw him out, only that asian culture is very big on "face" and he lost it here.
China looked like amateur hour "babbys first cross hemispheric outpost".
The multi-year effort to create an ally in western hemisphere unraveled in 45 mins, with Maduro being perp-walked in chains.
In contrast to the above, I'm actually surprised Trump has been as quiet as he's been on the "china situation" vis a via Venezuela. I think the only rational explanation for the almost super level of decorum shown by Trump here is that he recognizes how exposed Xi is, thus anything he says will rub salt in the wounds thus he is trying to offer Xi a modicum of "face".