{"id":16,"date":"2026-05-16T16:05:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=16"},"modified":"2026-05-16T16:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:05:35","slug":"xi-insulted-trump-with-just-two-words-trump-was-forced-to-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=16","title":{"rendered":"Xi Insulted Trump With Just Two Words. Trump Was Forced To Respond"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p><em>Thucydides trap<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping used these two words in a speech delivered Thursday at the high-stakes summit with President Donald Trump and a delegation of cabinet members, as well as top American CEOs.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=14\">Canada\u2019s Government Literally Cannot Tell You If Its \u2018Red Flag\u2019 Law Works<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his opening remarks, Xi referenced the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, a long war between Athens and Sparta that began in 431 B.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan China and the United States overcome the so-called \u2018Thucydides Trap\u2019 and create a new paradigm of major-power relations?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Named after the Greek historian Thucydides, the Thucydides Trap is a theory that when a declining state power is faced with a rising one, war becomes almost \u201cinevitable.\u201d <strong>(RELATED: Chinese Supertanker Glides Through Hormuz Blockade As White House Touts \u2018Good\u2019 Talks In Beijing)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8629138\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8629138\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" src=\"https:\/\/images.dailycaller.com\/image\/width=1280,height=2499,fit=inside,format=webp,f=auto\/https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275587952-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.dailycaller.com\/image\/width=1280,height=2499,fit=inside,format=webp,f=auto\/https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275587952-scaled.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/images.dailycaller.com\/image\/width=180,height=2499,fit=inside,format=webp,f=auto\/https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275587952-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/images.dailycaller.com\/image\/width=620,height=2499,fit=inside,format=webp,f=auto\/https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275587952-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/images.dailycaller.com\/image\/width=768,height=2499,fit=inside,format=webp,f=auto\/https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275587952-768x512.jpg 768w\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>US President Donald Trump talks with China\u2019s President Xi Jinping (L) as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd-R) and China\u2019s Premier Li Qiang (R) look on during a state banquet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable,\u201d Thucydides observed.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=12\">Global Health Officials Caught Off Guard By Major Ebola Outbreak In Africa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, Xi pretty much said to Trump and the rest of the world: \u201cWe are the ascending power about to overtake you. Let\u2019s make sure you don\u2019t have a temper tantrum and start World War III because your global dominance has waned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, Trump and the White House thought it required an official response. But unsurprisingly, they said Xi was referring to the Biden Administration.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen President Xi very elegantly referred to the United States as perhaps being a declining nation, he was referring to the tremendous damage we suffered during the four years of Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, and on that score, he was 100% correct,\u201d Trump said in a Truth Social post Thursday. \u201cOur Country suffered immeasurably with open borders, high taxes, transgender for everybody, men in women\u2019s sports, DEI, horrible trade deals, rampant crime, and so much more!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on:<\/p>\n<p><em>President Xi was not referring to the incredible rise that the United States has displayed to the world during the 16 spectacular months of the Trump Administration, which includes all-time high stock markets and 401K\u2019s, military victory and thriving relationship in Venezuela, the military decimation of Iran (to be continued!) \u2014 Strongest military on earth by far, economic powerhouse again, with a record 18 trillion dollars being invested into the United States by others, best U.S. job market in history, with more people working in the United States right now than ever before, ending country destroying DEI, and so many other things that it would be impossible to readily list. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact,\u201d Trump added, \u201cPresident Xi congratulated me on so many tremendous successes in such a short period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=10\">Septic Truck Explodes After Being Struck By Train, Video Shows<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xi Jinping used these two words in a speech delivered Thursday at the high-stakes summit with President Donald Trump and a delegation of cabinet members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28,29,30,31,32],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-beijing","tag-china","tag-chinese-communist-party","tag-donald-trump","tag-xi-jinping"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Xi Insulted Trump With Just Two Words. 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