Sep 27, 2026 · 59 min · 16 segments
Viewpoint This Sunday with Malcolm Out Loud – A summit heard around the world: Xi Jinping meets Trump in Washington. Steven Mosher joins us, along with LCDR US Navy Steve Rogers. The Supreme Court has…
Steven MosherGuest
Sidney PowellGuest
Steve RogersGuestThe Associated Press, Trump lays out the pomp for Xi, but says little about the significant tensions in U.S.-China relations.
Now, there's a lot of conversation about the fact that the pomp, the red carpet, that sort of thing, whereas Chuck Schumer, the left, wanted him to pretty well, I guess, blast Xi Jinping, or I'm not sure what they were looking for, frankly, here.
What do you make out of this? Steven Mosher, what do you make out of that, first off? Was that pretty much the talking points? Were they over the top a little? I mean, it just seemed a little odd that they couldn't get beyond the red carpet.
Well, I mean, I think the rule here is as it has always been, that you keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
You can't get any closer than he is now to Xi Jinping, calling him his good friend, rolling out the red carpet, calling out the military honor guard and all.
And this is the first time that he ever personally received a visiting foreign leader on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews.
So what did Xi do to deserve this unusual honor? I mean, why is Trump flattering Xi's ego by treating him as the world's most important visiting dignitary? Now, I would say this, Malcolm, that 10 years ago, such pomp and ceremony would have been taken as a sign of American weakness and Chinese strength.
They're about to lose their electronic eavesdropping stations in Cuba, I believe.
China's initiative to replace the dollar as the world's reserve currency is failing.
He gave one speech, had very few side meetings, skipped the banquet and left a day early.
So why is the American president giving him this kind of face? in the United States? Well, for one thing, it massages his ego.
The Associated Press, Trump lays out the pomp for Xi, but says little about the significant tensions in U.S.-China relations.
Now, there's a lot of conversation about the fact that the pomp, the red carpet, that sort of thing, whereas Chuck Schumer, the left, wanted him to pretty well, I guess, blast Xi Jinping, or I'm not sure what they were looking for, frankly, here.
What do you make out of this? Steven Mosher, what do you make out of that, first off? Was that pretty much the talking points? Were they over the top a little? I mean, it just seemed a little odd that they couldn't get beyond the red carpet.
Well, I mean, I think the rule here is as it has always been, that you keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
You can't get any closer than he is now to Xi Jinping, calling him his good friend, rolling out the red carpet, calling out the military honor guard and all.
And this is the first time that he ever personally received a visiting foreign leader on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews.
So what did Xi do to deserve this unusual honor? I mean, why is Trump flattering Xi's ego by treating him as the world's most important visiting dignitary? Now, I would say this, Malcolm, that 10 years ago, such pomp and ceremony would have been taken as a sign of American weakness and Chinese strength.
They're about to lose their electronic eavesdropping stations in Cuba, I believe.
China's initiative to replace the dollar as the world's reserve currency is failing.
He gave one speech, had very few side meetings, skipped the banquet and left a day early.
So why is the American president giving him this kind of face? in the United States? Well, for one thing, it massages his ego.
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