Reporter: Will you strike Iran after the midterms?
Trump: I'm rejecting their deal. They want to make a deal where they open the Strait immediately because they're losing so badly.
They want to make a deal, and I think that's fine. I like making a deal, too, but that deal would not be acceptable.
The most significant takeaway from the summit went virtually unnoticed in mainstream coverage: the historical documents presented are considered deeply humiliating in Chinese diplomatic memory.
1. The 1844 Treaty of Wanghia—despite its official title, “Treaty of Peace, Amity, and Commerce between the US and China”—is widely regarded in China as the first unequal treaty between the US and China. The 1858 Treaty of Tientsin is viewed in much the same way.
2. “The 1895 letter from the Guangxu Emperor to President Grover Cleveland” is equally revealing. The letter formally thanked Charles Denby, the American Minister in Beijing who mediated negotiations during the First Sino-Japanese War. Yet Denby pressured the Qing court into accepting the catastrophic Treaty of Shimonoseki—a settlement largely drafted by his son, which ceded Taiwan to Japan and remains a central pillar of China's "Century of Humiliation."
3. Most striking of all was the 1951 Treaty of San Francisco. As Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated last November, the treaty excluded major WWII Allies such as the PRC and the Soviet Union in order to conclude a separate peace with Japan. She argued that it violated the 1942 Declaration by United Nations, the UN Charter, and fundamental principles of international law. Accordingly, Beijing maintains that any provisions in the treaty concerning Taiwan or China's territorial sovereignty are "entirely illegal and null and void."
In Beijing’s eyes, Trump displaying these documents wasn't a casual history lesson—it was a menacing preview of the kind of capitulation Washington expects next.
No wonder you won't see a single word about them in Chinese state media.
Hey @SemioticRivalry been following you since reading the pinned article on your profile in 2025 and your bet on Mamdani being elected NY mayor. What books would u recommend to become better at making predictions? Could be for elections, politics, economy etc.
No one quite like Raphinha right now. The captain, the leader and the best no9 around, who didn’t know he was any of those things and thought he had no future at Barcelona. Here, he explains all. https://t.co/muFbNqdyGp
Constantly fascinated by how Mamdani must find all this. A lot of people predicted some kind of protracted conflict with the White House for the entire rest of Trump's term, and instead you get the distinct impression that Trump wants to adult adopt him
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Here's what Trump said to Mamdani yesterday outside Gracie:
“I’ll look after you, you look after the New Yorkers. And we can both make it work. I wanna support you, help me. Come with me to the White House – see how I work.”
https://t.co/wwqsRRhsC5
Constantly fascinated by how Mamdani must find all this. A lot of people predicted some kind of protracted conflict with the White House for the entire rest of Trump's term, and instead you get the distinct impression that Trump wants to adult adopt him
New cat alert! A call from a wildlife sanctuary about a "weird cat" has led to the first new cat species discovered in over 100 years in Bolivia’s Yungas forest ecoregion. Learn more about this feline surprise: https://t.co/crffXvPqH4
Not just special teams.
This is legitimately one of the greatest football plays I’ve ever seen.
It doesn’t get much better than that right there. Every coach in America will be showing this rep to their team this week.
SITUATION DETECTED: 2026 Fields Medalist Deng Yu joked on social media that if AI does solve all math problems he will begin a new career following his other passion; writing yuri romance novels.
'Black Bullet' is Officially coming back 12 years after the Author completely disappeared.
'Black Bullet: New World Order' is Officially announced, series received an anime in 2014 by Kinema Citrus & Studio Orange.