Trump’s China Trip Exposed as So Empty That All He Got Was Seeds | President Trump failed to secure deals on trade, the Iran war, Taiwan, or anything really.

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    1. >Self-professed master negotiator Donald Trump has left China with not much more than the promise of a bag of seeds.

      >After a tour of Beijing’s sacred Zhongnanhai temple on Friday, where Chinese leader Xi Jinping vowed to send Trump the seeds of flowers the 79-year-old had admired at the compound, the president described his three-day trip as “incredible.”

      >But, in reality, Trump has left with zero tangible progress or diplomatic achievements. He failed to stand up to China on Taiwan or rare earth minerals, sold out American farmers, and secured only one deal, which fell short of expectations and tanked Boeing’s stock price.

      >The trip was designed to broker agreements on everything from tech to tariff relief to peace in the Middle East. Trump did not deliver.

    2. newswall-org on

      More on this subject from other reputable sources:


      – Time (B): [Trump Says Xi Offered To Help Broker Peace With Iran](https://time.com/article/2026/05/14/trump-xi-china-iran-strait-hormuz/)
      – Asia Times (B+): [Why Putin will have been watching the Trump‑Xi summit nervously – Asia Times](https://asiatimes.com/2026/05/why-putin-will-have-been-watching-the-trump-xi-summit-nervously/)
      – N-tv (C+): [Superpower summit in Beijing: Trump praises Xi: “It’s an honor to be your friend”](https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Trump-lobt-Xi-Es-ist-eine-Ehre-Ihr-Freund-zu-sein-id30820876.html)
      – ZDF (A-): [Xi warns Trump against confrontation in Taiwan conflict](https://www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausland/donald-trump-xi-jinping-treffen-china-100.html)


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    3. You know in many parts of the world when you tell someone to put seeds in their pockets well it’s not a nice thing.

    4. KinkyQuesadilla on

      And Trump didn’t understand the dis until a staffer explained it to him on AF1 on the way back from China. Freakin’ idiot has no business being President. The entire trip was an abject failure and the rose seeds was the exclamation point that the entire world witnessed and understood was symbolic of America’s diminishing power thanks to Trump.

    5. AlienInUnderpants on

      Trump the master negotiator? The art of the deal guy? Shocked I tell you. SHOCKED!

    6. DissedFunction on

      China basically told trump they look at him as what he is…a bumbling mean spirited thieving idiot