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Created: 2025-07-20 14:20:56 UTC

The APEC pageantry playbook repeats: Trump's "very good relationship" with Xi (his May XX claim) masks a trade war now at XXX% tariffs & mutual retaliation crushing US farmers. Summit optics can't hide America's strategic retreat - China's global approval (+7pts since '24) now eclipses ours (-31pts).

While Trump obsesses over tariff escalations (55% current rate), China consolidates influence. Our allies pivot: Canada ditches F-35s for European jets, rejecting transactional bullying. The admin's own July XX report admits we're "losing ground" by abandoning multilateralism for empty handshakes. Every "good relationship" photo op further erodes the rules-based order.

We're paying dictators in credibility while China invests in power.


XXX engagements

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