THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Trump should distrust and verify Xi after Beijing summit
Must not mistake China's pageantry for peace
President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping meeting illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times more >
By Clifford D. May - Tuesday, May 19, 2026
OPINION:
How successful was the summit last week in Beijing? President Trump said it was a “great success.” Xi Jinping, China’s supreme ruler, merely called the meeting “constructive.”
Perhaps Mr. Xi thought: “Trump is cunning and unpredictable, so I had better keep our relations on an even keel while he is in office.”
It is also possible that he thought: “I know how to play Trump. Vladimir Putin is also paying me a visit in a few days. I will tell him, Kim Jong-un and those now calling the shots in Tehran what they need to do next.”
If you watched the summit on TV, you saw the pageantry: a military honor guard, flag-waving children and an elaborate red-carpet ceremony.
What you might not have noticed: All that was staged in the shadow of Tiananmen Square, where, in 1989, the Chinese Communist Party massacred hundreds, possibly thousands, of peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators.
Nine years later, the blood long since scrubbed from the square, President Clinton arrived in Beijing to toast China’s rulers. He soon began pushing for China’s admission into the World Trade Organization. That came about in 2001.
“Bringing China into the WTO is a win-win decision,” Mr. Clinton said. “It will protect our prosperity, and it will promote the right kind of change in China.”
It was a noble experiment, and it failed.
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READ MORE: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/19/trump-distrust-verify-xi-beijing-summit/
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