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PoliticsFrom ‘cheats’ to ‘great friendship’: How Trump’s rhetoric on China changed

Donald Trump gave Xi Jinping an unusually warm and lavish welcome in Washington, a sharp contrast with his past descriptions of China and its leader. Their meeting extended a fragile trade-war truce by two months, while tensions over AI, rare earths, Taiwan and the Iran war remain. The article traces Trump’s changing language toward Beijing and Xi.

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AAl Jazeera★★★★☆2026-09-25 09:46Original

From ‘cheats’ to ‘great friendship’: How Trump’s rhetoric on China changed
From ‘cheats’ to ‘great friendship’: How Trump’s rhetoric on China changedPolitics