Nixon went to China and changed the world. Trump went to China and degraded the country. This iPINIONS commentary argues that Trump’s summit with Xi Jinping turned US-China diplomacy into a spectacle of MAGA corruption, billionaire access, and national humiliation.
Read my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/nixon-went-to-open-china-trump-is
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