Trump’s China trip exposed as so empty that all he got was seeds

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.

The president told Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview aired hours before the Zhongnanhai stroll that Xi had pledged not to provide Iran with military weapons. However, it appears that no tangible agreement has been signed on that front, and Trump even caveated this comment. “But at the same time, he said they buy a lot of their oil there, and they’d like to keep doing that,” he added. “He’d like to see Hormuz Strait open.”