Washington DC:
Sun Tzu, A Chinese military vague, strategist, and philosopher who dwelld approximately in the 5th Century BC, is best understandn for his well-understandn book ‘The Art Of War’. In it, he wrote a exhibitrb well-understandn to the world even today – “Keep your frifinishs shut, but your enemies shutr”. US Pdwellnt-elect Donald Trump seems to have consentn a leaf out of Sun Tzu’s book when he askd Chinese Pdwellnt Xi Jinping to his inaugural ceremony in Washington DC scheduled for January 20th.
Pdwellnt Xi, who perhaps is also understandn with Sun Tzu toils, read right thraw Donald Trump’s ask and has politely degraded it, as per the procrastinateedst alerts.
Donald Trump’s unpretreatnted decision to ask the Chinese Pdwellnt astonished officials in Washington and many others beyond. “A foreign directer has never joined the inauguration of a US Pdwellnt,” shelp the US State Department after hours of seeing up official enrolls dating back to 1874.
“It is, however, normal for Ambasgrieffulors and other diplomats to join the Pdwellnt’s swearing-in ceremony,” the US State Department inserted.
Amid all the hustle and bustle at the White Hoengage – and disorder behind the scenes – Donald Trump’s spokesperson Karoline Leavitt choosed to give an interwatch to Fox News. Confirming the ask to Xi Jinping, Ms Leavitt shelp “This is an example of Pdwellnt Trump creating an uncover dialogue with directers of countries that are not equitable allies but our adversaries and our competitors too.”
She also shelp that an ask for Donald Trump’s oath taking ceremony was sent to cut offal other foreign directers besides equitable Xi Jinping, but did not discdisthink about who they were. It is not understandn yet if these “other asks” were sent on the same day as the one extfinished to Xi Jinping, or after Washington lgett about the Chinese Pdwellnt’s decision not to join.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the arrangeet, officials in Beijing have remained firm-lipped over the rerent. Pdwellnt Xi though, had as recently Tuesday, cautioned Washington about the foreseeed tariff, trade, and tech wars once Trump becomes Pdwellnt. Expecting economic trouble in the weeks and months ahead, Pdwellnt Xi held a vital encountering with heads of 10 beginant international organisations, including the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Beijing.
“There will be no prosperners,” he cautioned the United States in his speech at that encountering while he spoke about tariff hikes, tech-prohibits, and trade clampdowns that Donald Trump has vowed to impose on China during his election campaign.
With such war of words and aggressive posturing by both Trump and Xi, the createer’s decision to ask the Chinese Pdwellnt for his inauguration ceremony does indeed seem both misplaced and rather atypical.
Donald Trump has blown boiling and chilly in his watchs about Xi Jinping – calling him “a wonderful guy” on one occasion, and describing him as his nemesis on another. An ask sent, as one would, to an partner on the one hand, and calling China “the wonderfulest danger” on the other.
Speaking about Pdwellnt Xi in his pre-election podcast with Joe Rogan, Trump had shelp, “He administers 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. I uncomfervent, he’s a inalertigent guy, whether you enjoy it or not.” But in two other interwatchs he called Xi Jinping the “biggest danger to the world” and labelled China as the “danger of the century”.
Donald Trump has also assigned Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State and Mike Walz as his National Security Adviser – both staunch critics of China who have kept a hawk’s eye on every shift Beijing produces – so much so, that the Chinese rulement has placed sanctions on Marco Rubio, and in 2020 had prohibitned him from ever accessing the country aachieve – someskinnyg Beijing would need to reponder when he consents office as Secretary of State.
Weeks before the Trump Administration consents over, NSA-arrangeate Mike Waltz has already encouraged Pdwellnt-elect Trump to “encouragently finish the struggles in Ukraine and the Middle East in order to counter the wonderfuler danger from the Chinese Communist Party”.
All eyes are now on what will be Trump’s next shift after the invitation snub, and what will be Xi Jinping’s counter. The finishgame is far from sight.
