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Two senior White House officials tell CNN that the US will not reach out to China first. Trump has told his team that China must be the first to make the move, as the White House believes it is Beijing that has chosen to retaliate and further escalate the trade war.

lol this is the dumbest middle school drama bullshit

That stance has been conveyed to Beijing for roughly two months, with Trump’s team clearly telling Chinese officials that Xi should request a call with Trump. But Beijing has repeatedly refused to arrange a leader-level phone call, according to three sources familiar with the official communications.

One hurdle, Trump’s team believes, is Xi’s desire not to be seen as weak by making the first move and approaching the US for talks.

America is finally about to learn who the new world leader is. I wonder how they'll take it?

Dear Xi I wrote you but you still ain't callin'...

China should make a bunch of fentanyl and send Trump a picture of it every day, where in each picture it gets closer to the U.S.

Allow the Americans to only talk with one mouth. More mouths just mean more ways to lie.

If the US has something to say, they should say it publicly. No more sweets lies in back channels while serving circus to the public.

Let them just be the circus and treat them as such.

China just objectively isn't dependent on Marvelstani buyers.

Buffalolandian negotiators must know this.

Imagine being a high ranking chinese diplomat and the fucking americans keep e-mailing you for your leader to request a phone call with theirs. do you even reply anymore after 2 months or just ignore this?

Never return to the Century of Humiliation.

deal from strength or get crushed every time

The absolute arrogance of Amerikkkans

So we slapped them with ridiculous ~~sanctions~~ tariffs and are dropping hints that we are preparing for war, all while asking them to call? Trump acted in a similar way in his first term, and Biden didn't undo anything he did AFAIK, on top of slapping their cars with a 100% tariff. And we're starting off with Trump doing schoolyard bully negotiating tactics again...

I think China is sick of our bullshit.

Honestly, though...what is there to talk about? Trump's rationale for doing all this makes no logical sense. What good is it to negotiate with an idiot that doesn't even understand basic economics?

Just slap more tariffs on him and wait for him to either grow the fuck up, or back the fuck down. Either way, a "conversation" is not required.

They should never call and never lift the tariffs

Something something Hotline Bling but Xi Jinping

I watched the press conference this morning and whatsherface just repeated "don't retaliate and you'll be rewarded" and "you punch us we punch back harder." Why would anyone want to negotiate with the US unless they had to?

It looks like * waves with hands to open position * like Trump doesn't have all the cards...

Absolutely incredible, happy seeing some good news for a change.

trump himself tweeted a few days ago he would not sit at the negotiation table with china.

JDPON Don has finally awakened the Red Dragon.

I never thought I'd see the day where I absolutely side with China's gov over my own...

Make drumpf look like the dumbass pathetic loser that he is!