Chinese and Russian leaders boast of close ties and warn ‘of a drift back to the law of the jungle’
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin issued a joint condemnation of “irresponsible” US foreign policy on Wednesday, warning of “a drift back to the law of the jungle”.
The statement came after the Chinese and Russian leaders held a summit in Beijing that followed a visit to the capital by Donald Trump.
The exchanges between Xi and Putin were notably warm and Wednesday’s summit appeared to be more substantive than Xi’s meetings with the US president.
Didn’t Trump say that Xi told him he was going to take a harder line with Putin?
It used to be that the US commanded some respect, but now we put a clown who always chickens out in charge, this is what happens.
One of the few good things about this mess is that the US no longer commands respect.