Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley warned on Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping would try to offer “false hope of a more cooperative relationship” during his meeting with President Donald Trump, while former National Security Adviser John Bolton questioned whether the summit would produce meaningful agreements, calling it potentially little more than a “photo opportunity.”
‘We Have to Learn From Past Mistakes With China’
“Today President Xi will attempt to give false hope of a more cooperative relationship with the U.S. while continuing to fund Russia’s war against Ukraine, support Iran in the war against us, and continue cyber attacks on America,” Haley said in a post on social media platform X.
She said past presidents “have been naive when it comes to China,” and urged the administration to “be clear eyed about their continued aggression against the US and our allies.”
Former Vice President Mike Pence called China “the greatest economic and strategic threat facing the United States in the twenty-first century.”
Bolton said any deals the White House touts “are meaningless unless they are accompanied by a national interest and actually come to fruition.”
The Real Test Is Whether Deals ‘Become Operational’
In an interview with NewsNation, Bolton said the best outcome from the summit might be that “nothing happens” beyond a photo opportunity, adding he’s “very worried” about what concessions could emerge on Taiwan and the South China Sea.
He added that dealing with China on AI is “a fool’s errand.”
Xi said the two nations “stand to gain from cooperation and will both lose in conflict,” adding that AI should remain “always under human control,” while Trump promoted what he now calls “super intelligence.”
Sanders Focuses on the Guest List
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) criticized Trump for inviting tech executives, including Tesla Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. CEO Elon Musk, Amazon.com, Inc.‘s Jeff Bezos, Apple Inc. Chairman Tim Cook and Alphabet Inc.‘s Sundar Pichai, to his private dinner with Xi, noting their combined wealth has nearly doubled to almost $2 trillion since Trump’s election.
The state dinner, held Thursday, drew 134 guests total and featured a menu blending American ingredients with “subtle Chinese influence.”
Trump gave Xi an ornate bald eagle statue at the dinner, saying he hoped it would “find a nice place, a wonderful place in Beijing.
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