Trump Plans To Put Xi On Hold Until Iran Behaves
The proposed strategy reportedly includes tariffs, flattery, and a speakerphone nobody in Beijing asked to join.
The proposed strategy reportedly includes tariffs, flattery, and a speakerphone nobody in Beijing asked to join.
White House aides labeled the folder “China.com” so it would survive the flight.
Diplomats reportedly prepared three seating charts, two cease-fire euphemisms, and one emergency binder labeled “Do Not Let Him Improvise.”
Officials described the trip as routine diplomacy, except for the emergency binder titled “Please Make the Strait Behave.”
Officials said the absence of immediate chaos left senior aides “deeply operational” and forced three agencies to invent a measurable form of waiting.
Officials said the action targeted alleged Iran-linked military procurement, then spent three hours reassuring Congress the cart was not a new branch of government.
A completely reasonable response to an unreasonable political news cycle.
A completely reasonable response to an unreasonable political news cycle.
Officials stressed the situation remains under control, except for the maps, the calendar, and three senators currently arguing with a printer.
Officials confirmed the Trump-Xi meeting has been upgraded from “sensitive diplomacy” to “everyone stop touching the strait map.”