In private discussions hours before China announced new retaliatory tariffs, the Trump administration warned Chinese officials against such a move, according to a source familiar with the discussions.
The Chinese were also told – once again – that Chinese President Xi Jinping should request a call with US President Donald Trump.
Instead, US officials woke up to news of increased Chinese tariffs and no request for a leader level call. Xi also made comments that only dug him in further.
“For over 70 years, China’s development has relied on self-reliance and hard work — never on handouts from others, and it is not afraid of any unjust suppression,” Xi said according to state broadcaster CCTV during his meeting with the Spanish prime minister.
Two senior White House officials tell CNN that the US will not reach out to China first. Trump has told his team that China must be the first to make the move, as the White House believes it is Beijing that has chosen to retaliate and further escalate the trade war.
lol this is the dumbest middle school drama bullshit
That stance has been conveyed to Beijing for roughly two months, with Trump’s team clearly telling Chinese officials that Xi should request a call with Trump. But Beijing has repeatedly refused to arrange a leader-level phone call, according to three sources familiar with the official communications.
One hurdle, Trump’s team believes, is Xi’s desire not to be seen as weak by making the first move and approaching the US for talks.
Trump needs to realize that president Xi doesn’t like him back and move on
We’re being ruled by children.
The inmates have taken over the asylum
America is finally about to learn who the new world leader is. I wonder how they’ll take it?
Yessss please let this be America’s Suez Crisis
Mostly via racist whining, just like the brits. We’re about to see a decades-long temper-tantrum.
We’re about to see a decades-long temper-tantrum.
We’ll probably see many people die because of it too
Like a petulant child I should imagine
by continuing to call themselves the largest economy in the world in their news articles
By 2026, our top export will be copium.
Hey, I’ve seen this one 🇬🇧
Most of them? Extremely poor whiney fits. This one? Celebration.
poorly
Dear Xi I wrote you but you still ain’t callin’…
I left my email, my signal, and my red phone number at the bottom, you must notta got’em
China should make a bunch of fentanyl and send Trump a picture of it every day, where in each picture it gets closer to the U.S.
Allow the Americans to only talk with one mouth. More mouths just mean more ways to lie.
If the US has something to say, they should say it publicly. No more sweets lies in back channels while serving circus to the public.
Let them just be the circus and treat them as such.
China just objectively isn’t dependent on Marvelstani buyers.
Buffalolandian negotiators must know this.
Imagine being a high ranking chinese diplomat and the fucking americans keep e-mailing you for your leader to request a phone call with theirs. do you even reply anymore after 2 months or just ignore this?
I’ve emailed President Xi COUNTLESS times - very respectful, very classy messages - to open a dialogue. What do I get in return? A REPLY with a picture of a pig POOPING ON ITS OWN BALLS!!! Total disrespect. Is this how they treat world leaders now? NOT NICE!
email caught in spam filter and discarded
Never return to the Century of Humiliation.
deal from strength or get crushed every time
The absolute arrogance of Amerikkkans
So we slapped them with ridiculous
sanctionstariffs and are dropping hints that we are preparing for war, all while asking them to call? Trump acted in a similar way in his first term, and Biden didn’t undo anything he did AFAIK, on top of slapping their cars with a 100% tariff. And we’re starting off with Trump doing schoolyard bully negotiating tactics again…I think China is sick of our bullshit.
on top of slapping their cars with a 100% tariff
Thanks democrats
Honestly, though…what is there to talk about? Trump’s rationale for doing all this makes no logical sense. What good is it to negotiate with an idiot that doesn’t even understand basic economics?
Just slap more tariffs on him and wait for him to either grow the fuck up, or back the fuck down. Either way, a “conversation” is not required.
The call is supposed to be Xi making a deal, even a worse deal than existed before. Trump just wants to come out ahead in optics
China is not playing with that so here we are. Trump will have a temper tantrum and things will cost more.
Probably want Xi to call and pretend to beg for tariff cuts so Trump can get an easy exit route without looking bad.
They should never call and never lift the tariffs
I think their plan is to either let Trump admit he fucked it up and come crawling back or for the next president to do it. They’re not bothering to back down now lol
They have literally zero reason to make any effort at diplomacy. The rest of the would will gladly trade with them. If your business is full of happy customers why would you need to worry about a bratty Veruca Salt making demands?
The whole thing is so funny
Like oh no not 125% tariffs on soybeans and Bitcoin
Oh well I guess now you have 125% tariffs on shoes
Allows them to be flexible. If the world or “the world” get collective amnesia about America again and act like Trump is just some unique aberration, they get to work with that, if the rest of the world wakes up to the fact that the US is dangerous, it allows them to work with that instead.
Something something Hotline Bling but Xi Jinping
🎶 It can only mean one thing:
You used to call me on my state phone
Late night when you need my soy
I watched the press conference this morning and whatsherface just repeated “don’t retaliate and you’ll be rewarded” and “you punch us we punch back harder.” Why would anyone want to negotiate with the US unless they had to?
I’m pretty sure thats the only reason anyone ever did. The US used military and economic power to ensure folks negotiated.
