On Thursday, Donald Trump will walk into the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, shake Xi Jinping's hand, and declare it a great meeting. There will be announcements. There will be numbers — billions of dollars in Chinese purchase commitments, a new bilateral mechanism with an important-sounding name, possibly a joint statement on Iran. Trump will post on Truth Social. Markets will rally briefly. Pundits will argue about who won. None of that will tell you what actually happened. What is actually happening in Beijing this week is something more consequential and more uncomfortable than the summit theatre will reveal: two leaders of two deeply mutually dependent superpowers, both of whom need this meeting to succeed for entirely different reasons, sitting across a table in a world that has already moved past the assumptions that defined their last nine months of negotiations. The Iran war changed the equations. The rare earth gambit changed the power balance. Taiwan is sitting in...
The new charity pet is here 
This cute little Otter has replaced the Pelican and available for purchase now!
This cute little Otter has replaced the Pelican and available for purchase now!
Purchasing this pet will work the exact same way as the Pelican! Click on the “Help the Gulf Icon” and then “Buy Pet”, it’s that easy! You can also check him out at Pete’s Pet Store. Remember by purchasing these animals that we will be giving away 50% of the proceeds to help the gulf! So make sure to buy all of the pets and spread the word! Not only do you get a little something for yourself in YoVille but get to make a huge difference in Helping the Gulf’s wildlife and habitat.
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