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...
Here comes another YouTube videos that in 5 days has acquired about 2 million views. Uploaded by his parents this toddler uses fingernail clippers to open his 8 year old sister's bedroom to steal a stuffed toy. His sister complained to her parents about the 2 year old sneaking into her room at night and stealing toys. Even with the door closed - setting up a hidden cam the parents discover the toddler has leaned to use nail clippers to open the door. How on earth the little chap figured that out is amazing. he opens the door sneaks in and gets his pillow pet goes back to his room. When you watch this really cute video you can hear his parents laughing in the background. The bandit gets caught - really nice video and a must watch. Watch the video below to be entertained. http://youtu.be/8wk-qRfJQPM