The Saturday Wrap-Up - Trump Walked Into China and Killed Kissinger's Thucydides Trap - May 16, 2026
Susan Kokinda dissects Trump's China summit — the unprecedented CEO delegation, denuclearization talks with Xi, and Trump's rejection of Taiwan war-mongering. The British-cooked "Thucydides Trap" narrative is being dismantled by Trump's revival of the American System.
Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping wanted
to emphasize history and determination when he took President Donald Trump on a
tour of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China. The temple was used
by Chinese Emperors in the Ming and Qing dynasties where the rulers would pray
for abundant harvests, good weather and good fortune for the people of
China. Apparently, Chairman Xi wanted to send a message that rulers of
China follow a mandate that is in alignment with spiritual divinity.
It is a rather ironic view of stewardship
considering that religion is subject to strict government regulation in
communist China. The Chinese government officially recognizes five religions:
Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism, and Daoism; however, the practice
of each religion must follow communist rules and be in alignment with all CCP
dictates. Within China, this is known as “sinicization,” a
requirement that all religious groups must adapt their beliefs and practices to
align with Chinese culture and the Communist Party’s ideology.
The Temple of Heaven is near
Tiananmen Square, and the most famous temple in Beijing. Originally built
along with the Forbidden City in the early 1400s the temple is also near the
royal palace that President Trump and Chairman Xi toured with their spouses in
2017. Video Below:
President Trump Visits the Temple of Heaven with the
President of the People's Republic of China
Trump is reshaping the global order
through pressure on Iran, negotiations with China, intelligence reform, and a
massive American nuclear and industrial revival.
The old global order is breaking apart — and a new system is beginning to
emerge.
President Trump is pressuring China to help force Iran to abandon its
nuclear ambitions while simultaneously restructuring global trade, rebuilding
American manufacturing, dismantling the post-9/11 intelligence apparatus, and
launching the largest nuclear expansion in modern U.S. history.
From the Strait of Hormuz and U.S.-China diplomacy to Tulsi Gabbard’s
intelligence overhaul, Russiagate investigations, nuclear reactor construction,
and America’s industrial resurgence, this video explores the forces shaping the
next phase of global power.
The foundation for a new American-led industrial civilization is already
being built.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio
eloquently takes some geopolitical complexities and puts them into
understandable terms. During an interview aboard Airforce One en route to
Beijing, Fox News pundit Sean Hannity asks some regional questions about high
profile events.
Secretary Rubio accurately puts the
perspective of Chinese interests into the context of current friction points
between the USA and Iran. WATCH:
Barbara Boyd rebuts Slotkin's claim
that Trump needs China's help over Iran, exposes the Toronto huddle of Carney,
Obama, and Alex Soros, tours the booming American economy under Hegseth and
Greer, and frames Trump's China trip as the prelude to a US-China-Russia
renaissance.
Barbara Boyd rebuts Senator Elissa Slotkin's claim that Trump must beg China
to resolve Iran, noting China's dependence on Iranian oil and America's roaring
economy. She traces Slotkin's weekend in Toronto with Mark Carney, Barack
Obama, Center for American Progress veterans, and Alex Soros — a desperate
Anglo-European huddle as the UK revolts against Keir Starmer and Ukraine's
Yermak is named in a $10.5M money-laundering probe. Boyd then tours the booming
American economy: Hegseth's $50B in private defense-industrial investment,
Greer's record exports and 24% drop in the goods trade deficit. She closes by
framing Trump's China trip as the possible prelude to a US–China–Russia
renaissance in space, fusion, thorium fission, and AI.