Besent revealed that Trump may visit China twice next year, making up for the trip that Biden did not make?
November 25 news: U.S. Treasury Secretary Besent, when talking about U.S.-China interactions in an interview, revealed that President Trump may attend the APEC meeting to be held in Shenzhen next year.
Additionally, Trump himself has already announced that he will visit China in April next year.
This means that Trump may visit China twice next year, which is a rare occurrence.
It should be noted that during Biden's term, he never visited China. Now, Trump is signaling that he will visit China twice a year, is this to make up for the trip that Biden did not make?
During Biden's term, Sino-U.S. relations were in a highly tense structure, with limited dialogue. Trump was seen as a more radical anti-China politician, but now it seems he can deal better with China than Biden?
From the perspective of U.S. interests, frequent visits to China are more to ensure that there will be no conflict-related misjudgments in the next two years.
In the internal political environment of the United States, visiting China twice itself is also a comparative operation.
Trump needs to prove that he can do things that Biden could not. The visit to China that Biden failed to make during his term has become a symbolic gap that he can fill.
For Trump, this is not only a gesture, but also a narrative: the United States does not need to waver between confrontation and cooperation, but can establish a new interaction rhythm through high-level direct communication.
Of course, all of this is based on the midterm elections next year. The results of the midterm elections will affect the direction of Sino-U.S. relations in the next two years, not just whether the Democrats return, but more importantly, the issue of MAGA successors. This is what Trump cares about most.
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