Trump, Xi and history's oldest trap
Xi opened the summit with history. Trump talked about phone calls. Only one is a strategy.
President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing looking for something he has always valued almost as much as leverage: optics.
The red carpets. The military bands. The carefully choreographed images of two strongmen seated across from each other deciding the future of the global order over tea and translated pleasantries.
Trump loves this kind of stagecraft bec…
