China: Xi seeks to fill America’s void

As “the U.S. isolates itself” economically and politically, said in Politico , Chinese leader Xi Jinping is taking a “big victory lap.” Xi recently met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in China for the first time since 2018, then gathered with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and two dozen other foreign leaders in Beijing for a parade in which China showed off its massive military buildup. With President Trump’s tariffs and “America First” policies alienating India and other nations, China has started to “present itself as a trustworthy alternative” to lead a post-American world order. A furious Trump took Xi’s “performative” gathering of fellow autocrats as “a personal affront,” said in CNN.com , accusing him, Putin, and