Post by @HarriettMB@toot.wales

2026-05-14 08:48 UTC

@Nonilex@masto.ai Trump and his billionaire entourage surely get the message. No major dignitary there to meet him off the plane. No special treatment. A straight out unusually frank warning by China to rein their behaviour in or suffer some consequences. Wonder if Trump is expected to share this warning with Israel as well? Trump cannot and will not win any contest with China; but does he, or do his administration understand the risk and consequences of even thinking of opposing this?

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@tompearce49@mastodon.scot 2026-05-14 08:55

@HarriettMB@toot.wales Such is Trump's narcissism, I suspect that he is quite incapable of seeing the political message that the Chinese leadership is sending as anything other than another "wonderful victory" for himself. He is being outplayed (and doesn't even understand the rules of the game) by an administration in China who are experts in playing "the long game" and who have an understanding of politics that goes back to the ancient philosophers like Sun Tzu and Lao Tzu, @Nonilex@masto.ai

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@humanhorseshoes@mastodon.world 2026-05-14 12:22

@HarriettMB@toot.wales @Nonilex@masto.ai Not to dismiss your post but China has not shown any inclination to be trusted. They used 9/11 to create a giant open air prison province in Xinjiang that we never hear about, which is the point. They want Taiwan, they shoot their own people if they revolt and are contained rather than peaceful. I have no support for them, the Russians or the Americans. They are all imperialistic shits in different but similar ways.

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