John Bolton:
Trump calls Xi “King.” He said at the Osaka G20 meeting when they were having a bilateral, “You're the greatest leader of China since Mao Zedong,” which caught everybody a little bit by surprise. But then he said, “In fact, you're the greatest leader in Chinese history.”
He thinks he's friends with Xi Jinping and with Vladimir Putin and I will guarantee you that's not how they see Trump. I think they both see him as an easy mark.
@Osint613 This is the difference between a politician like Xi and a businessman like Trump. Not even one complement in return. Straight forward to the essence.
China listed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as "Lu" in its government systems to get around its own sanctions against him and grant access for his diplomatic visit to Beijing.