The American president, , assured this Friday before having lunch with , that they both share a vision “very similar” on how to end the conflict in Iran, which the United States and Israel began at the end of February and which led to Tehran.
“We talked about Iran. We have a very similar opinion about Iran. We want it to end and we don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon and we want the strait to open“Trump said at a meeting in Zhongnanhai, the complex near the Forbidden City in Beijing, which houses the leadership of the ruling Communist Party of China (CCP).
“Very successful” and “unforgettable” meeting
In his small-format meeting with his Chinese counterpart, the president of the United States and Republican leader assured that his state visit to China has been “very successful” and “unforgettable”while Xi Jinping has described it as “historic” and “emblematic.”
Trump has assured that both parties reached “a series of important consensuses“, achieved “multiple agreements” and resolved “many problems”, something that has been considered beneficial for the two countries and for the world, as reported by the state agency Xinhua.
Avoid the ‘Thucycides Trap’
“When President Xi so elegantly referred to the United States as a nation in decline, alluded to the tremendous damage we suffered during the four years of Joe Biden’s governmentand in that sense, he was absolutely right,” Trump said in a social media post.
The Republican magnate wanted to fit those alleged words from Xi outside of his time in the White House, since, according to him, the Chinese president “was not referring to the incredible rise that the United States has shown to the world during the 16 spectacular months of the Trump administration”, with achievements among which he has highlighted having achieved “the military victory and the flourishing relationship with Venezuela, the military annihilation of Iran (and) the most powerful Army in the world by far.”
“Two years ago, we were, in fact, a nation in decline. I totally agree with President Xi on that. But now, the United States is the most thriving nation in the world, and I hope that our relationship with China is stronger and better than ever,” he claimed.
Despite this, Xi Jinping has alluded to the need to avoid the so-called ‘Thucycides trap’: a relatively recent concept in international relations used to describe a supposed tendency towards war between an emerging power and another already established, although not necessarily in retreat.
