Trump labeled ‘weird’ as Xi delivers blunt warning right to his face

The insult in question came as Xi delivered a statement on the conditions necessary for the U.S. and China to avoid war, during which he referred to “the Thucydides trap,” which, according to the Guardian, “refers to the phenomenon, defined by the Greek historian, of tensions that arise when an emerging power challenges the dominance of an established power.” Xi first invoked the phrase in his summit with Trump in Beijing in May, asking the US president how he planned to avoid it.

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