Rep. John Moolenaar: ‘President Trump Showed Respect to President Xi’ While Maintaining U.S. Positions on Taiwan and AI

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MOOLENAAR: "I think it‘s important that President Trump showed respect to President Xi as well as to the Chinese people. He‘s someone who is a gracious host, and he likes to do things in a big way. And I think we all know that. I think it‘s important to have a cordial relationship when it comes to discussing the challenging issues between our two countries. And I believe those issues were addressed. President Xi came in with the idea of trying to change course and change the president‘s mind on Taiwan. Uh, it‘s clear that there‘s the status quo and nothing‘s changed there. Um, also, President Xi wanted to try and make sure that we slow down our AI development. Uh, no changes there. And so I think it was a victory for President Trump to, to again, work at this relationship so that if there is"