Trump is playing by China's rules

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Fareed Zakaria's opening segment yesterday.

The U.S. wins through openness and innovation, not tariffs and centralized planning.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1151920083198304

For those that prefer text rather than video, here's the same piece in his weekly WaPo column:

https://archive.is/JEywX

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Krugman seems to agree:

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/were-number-two?publication_id=277517&post_id=177836921&isFreemail=true&r=53zo0e&triedRedirect=true

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A Crown for One, a Go Board for the Other: S. Korea’s Tailored Gifts to Trump and Xi

https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/11/01/a-crown-for-one-a-go-board-for-the-other-s-koreas-tailored-gifts-to-trump-and-xi/

Kind of says it all.