May 14, 2026 · 45 min · 17 segments
Presidents Trump and Xi have been all smiles at the first summit in Beijing in nearly nine years. Yet there is something profound happening beneath the politeness and declarations of friendship: the…
Rush DoshiGuest
David RothkopfHost
What are your reactions to what you've been seeing, uh, after the first full day of summitry?
And the world is pretty different now from what it was in 2017, um, including after five and a half years of President Trump's own governance in the first now and second term.
They feel very powerful after last year's trade war, which we can go into more detail on.
And this summit for them is about maintaining this, this kind of s- uneasy truce that generally favors them for a little bit longer, uh, where they can consolidate their position.
It's a summit that's, I think, much more heavy on symbolism than it is on substance, that's much more about stability than it is about solving structural problems.
And I think today, the first day is done, and that's basically what we've seen so far in the readouts from the two sides.
What are your reactions to what you've been seeing, uh, after the first full day of summitry?
And the world is pretty different now from what it was in 2017, um, including after five and a half years of President Trump's own governance in the first now and second term.
They feel very powerful after last year's trade war, which we can go into more detail on.
And this summit for them is about maintaining this, this kind of s- uneasy truce that generally favors them for a little bit longer, uh, where they can consolidate their position.
It's a summit that's, I think, much more heavy on symbolism than it is on substance, that's much more about stability than it is about solving structural problems.
And I think today, the first day is done, and that's basically what we've seen so far in the readouts from the two sides.
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