The consensus is that Trump blinked and folded, XI knows he won, and the outcome of the trade war will not be the big and beautiful deal Trump speaks of. China

The consensus is that Trump blinked and folded, XI knows he won, and the outcome of the trade war will not be the big and beautiful deal Trump speaks of. China has managed to avoid most of the U.S. trade tariffs by pivoting to factories across Asia. The current administration doesn't have a playbook, or at least one they can stick to. Their entire strategy is created on the fly and typically without any thought. America's adversaries are celebrating; they can finally sit back and watch the President and the MAGA party cede power and influence while weakening America and Democracy in general. -Independent.