CNN: “.. Trump has told his team that China must be the first to make the move .. But Beijing has repeatedly refused to arrange a leader-level phone call, according to three sources familiar with the official communications.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/p... - ThreadSky

carlquintanilla.bsky.social • 3 days ago

CNN: “.. Trump has told his team that China must be the first to make the move .. But Beijing has repeatedly refused to arrange a leader-level phone call, according to three sources familiar with the official communications.”

@cnn.com
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/politics/trump-xi-china-tariffs/index.html

Comments

minerva1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Very curious.

marcosantana.bsky.social•3 days ago

China is in control. Trump is a moron. How much financial carnage will there have to be before Trump capitulates?

alejandrony75.bsky.social•2 days ago

China has the upper hand. The USA consumer doesnt have that many options. China certainly does. Trump like in all his business ventures....is going to ruin this country.

spikes23.bsky.social•3 days ago

swojack.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well he got one thing right. Whatever this is it's definitely happening VERY quickly.

mreddie8976.bsky.social•3 days ago

Orange felon is going to be sitting by the phone for a long, long, *long* time...

504spyboy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump can't even collect the tariffs he imposed.

I'm sure Xi Jinping will return the phone call once he can compose himself and stop laughing.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/customs-reports-glitch-in-system-used-by-freight-for-tariff-exemptions.html

onlyhuman-sorry.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Chinese civilization is almost 5,000 years; the USA is barely 250 years old. Chinese leaders know how to be patient and they always plan for the very long term. They won't let themselves be insulted by an arrogant, ridiculous and unpredictable American clown.

olchefdan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Art of the motherfucking deal baby!

jmjhypm.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is a toxic brew of stupidity and ego. People will be hurt because of this. He doesn't care. His advisors are too cowardly to confront him.

eximio2.bsky.social•2 days ago

my2bits4u.bsky.social•2 days ago

Long summer and winter to come

mrsleets.bsky.social•2 days ago

Xi is in a stronger position politically and economically. The Chinese people will be far more willing to endure economic pain since they perceive (correctly) that they are the victim of an attack.

rondomane.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Chinese populace isn't split into even thirds who all want each other dead. There is an entire list of reason why the US is seriously fucked here.

cigciglar.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trillions of dollars being affected by a tween playing telephone.

jeanpauldelier.bsky.social•3 days ago

We desperately need to get nuked… this is so pathetic

peanut24.bsky.social•2 days ago

They have his number. In more ways than one.

larryarcher.bsky.social•3 days ago

Xi will destroy the psychopath badly.

This is an economic war and to some extent also a war against fascist resurgence.

The rest of the world should unite to defeat the Trump/Musk regime in a quick fashion, which is worth the cost.

daughterofwitches.bsky.social•3 days ago

China knows how to manipulate a narcissist.

Especially a stupid one.

cavandy.bsky.social•2 days ago

he’s begging and looks like a loser

deliarn.bsky.social•2 days ago

Xi Jingping wants to humiliate Trump.

hodagcountry.bsky.social•2 days ago

I love being respected again

banjotime.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is he holding his breath?
I hope so.

paulj2.bsky.social•2 days ago

Xi is busy making plans with all our former allies; why would he waste his time talking to the Orange Disaster?

zadett.bsky.social•2 days ago

bookersghost.bsky.social•3 days ago

I wouldn't call, either.

splogal.bsky.social•2 days ago

Like a #FatOrangeBride
left at the alter

penguin007.bsky.social•2 days ago

In his first term when Trump first imposed tariffs on China, he waited for them to come hat in hand to him too. Instead they started buying soy from Brazil instead of from mid west farmers and they lost a market that had taken decades to build. China is way better at this than Trump.

penguin007.bsky.social•2 days ago

I also recall that when Nixon announced that he would go to China in 1972, the beginning of the end of decades of isolation, experts warned that he would be lucky to come back with his pants because the Chinese were so shrewd. Trump is no Nixon.

mactakeshi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Obama said 3 presidents ago that America was loosing $3trillion in yearly trade to China. Trump Biden Trump and still America is loosing business to China. What does that tell us about the business efficacy of American Presidents.

mactakeshi.bsky.social•2 days ago

China is the definition of waiting.

gregsanderson.bsky.social•3 days ago

Looks like they're busy right now

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/eu-china-start-talks-lifting-eu-tariffs-chinese-electric-vehicles-handelsblatt-2025-04-10/

nato-enthusiast.bsky.social•2 days ago

Dow is up 1.7% over this lmao

lapeemommee.bsky.social•2 days ago

China is not going to bow to 🤡

davidgilbertvoiceover.com•3 days ago

Trump is so fucking stupid to think China gives a fuck about what he says!!

Chinese leadership has always looked at dynasties and centuries in terms of planning. They know Trump is a blip in history. He WILL be gone at some point.

While Americans think in quarterly reports.

America is fucked!!!!!

rixster.bsky.social•3 days ago

Team, from a downunder perspective - China won a week ago

ratatouillecat.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is waiting to be asked to the prom.

roxannakline.bsky.social•2 days ago

A convicted-felon mobster is about to realize that he has chosen the wrong country to challenge 😂

notgeorgecarlin.bsky.social•3 days ago

But he keeps telling us what great "friends" he and Xi are...

benevoluspf.bsky.social•3 days ago

Geezus, our president is waiting in his mom’s basement for his favorite girl to call. He’s an international incel.

cainethejust.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thinks he holds all the cards when he has actually been dealt out of the game

lyintad.bsky.social•2 days ago

That’s our car dealer president

hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social•3 days ago

He wants them to call so he can say “they called begging to negotiate”

thefred.bsky.social•3 days ago

If you beg them to call, it doesn't count.

hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social•2 days ago

Beta move

bkilus.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24088042-project-2025s-mandate-for-leadership-the-conservative-promise/?mode=document#document/p765 China Tariffs Trump/Congressional Republicans credited with imposing are straight from PLAYBOOK of Project 2025 starting with Page 765. Trump is front man for the Heritage FDN looking to impose racist version of Nationalism fatally imperiling democracy.

jedi2023.bsky.social•3 days ago

debscheetzam.bsky.social•2 days ago

They DO NOT need him.

spontaneousbook.bsky.social•2 days ago

Holding a gun to my crotch and demanding that my ex-girlfriend call me.

mshamilt.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump doesn't have the cards

holliwinters57.bsky.social•3 days ago

China holds the cards. ♣️

swgrl.bsky.social•2 days ago

Likely refusing to do a leader-to-leader call because the Chinese have, according to a WSJ article, been trying to contact Trump's team since his inauguration to engage. No response.

sarahb1111.bsky.social•3 days ago

getresilient.bsky.social•2 days ago

What this administration does not understand about Chinese culture is a wonder to behold.

metatheory.bsky.social•2 days ago

So even dumber than it seems.

doislobos.bsky.social•2 days ago

Don't wait up, Donnald.

samashh.bsky.social•3 days ago

Haha! The pretend strongman is waiting for a call from China. He has no idea the country he is dealing with. China has the rest of the world to trade with. They may not need the US as much as we need them. I also don’t trust trump when he says countries are reaching out to make a deal. He is a liar.

4boysnana.bsky.social•2 days ago

Watching a pissing match from the highest office in government is infuriating! All for the sake of perceived personal power. To hell with how it affects their country’s citizens and economy. Fools!!

tcoopaloopa.bsky.social•2 days ago

Are we just trapped in the most ludicrous Lifetime Movie ever? Will they or won't they, who calls first?!

pamela-abrell.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump's ego does not let him understand that China does not need us.

oldladyinaz.bsky.social•2 days ago

They were so in love during his first term. What happened to break up the lovebirds?

ten24get.bsky.social•2 days ago

China and Pres Xi have a long memory of a Century of Humiliation and the "Unequal Treaties" forced on China by US and European powers following its loss in two Opium Wars.
China will endure hardships rather than repeat the past to see Trump humiliated.

all-a-mort.bsky.social•3 days ago

So Trump and Xi are playing tariff chicken. Next comes the head on collision.

beakermeep.bsky.social•3 days ago

It should worry many in the US in how China is playing this. They are normally cautious so they must truly believe they are holding the better hand.

bimbelon.bsky.social•3 days ago

Does 125% reciprocal tariffs count as the first move?

thejackeroo.bsky.social•3 days ago

He Panican

s3rp86.bsky.social•2 days ago

The US started this shit they have to make the first move it's that simple . If Trump expects the Chinese to come groveling that ain't happening.

lestatdelc.bsky.social•2 days ago

China's just not that into you, ya rapist creep.

fallenleaf.bsky.social•2 days ago

Good....someone needs to take him down a few pegs.

macgyvershair.bsky.social•3 days ago

"You first!"

olddoxielady.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump talks a lot about who holds the cards - China could fuck us up royally if they want to by selling off their US investments / they finance our debt and could cripple us financially for a decade if they really wanted to. They have the cards.

zally7.bsky.social•2 days ago

China's next trolling video is just going to be groups of Chinese citizens happily playing cards.

lvdfm.bsky.social•2 days ago

Even better would
Be playing golf with red hats and pants pulled up to his chest…..

jimsamuel.com•2 days ago

I think China has made several moves. They just aren't the moves Trump wants.

grandmasterfei.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh boy @sky.skymarchini.net

bemoangamble.bsky.social•2 days ago

Never trust anything that comes out of Trump’s mouth. He’s a pathological liar. Trump, his daughter, Ivanka, Jared Kushner, Maye and Elon Musk have received preferential business treatment in China for years. And they still do. Trump waiting for Xi to call & vice versa is poppycock for the media.