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Will Xi shine the spotlight on Trump in Beijing?
From the firing of Kristi Noem to the Board of Peace, the US President has one rule at home and for the world: Make him the star.
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Chinese leaders are already signaling that they want to limit the conversation to the economy, knowing full well that Mr Donald Trump’s unilateral weapon of tariffs has evaporated.
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Cory Alpert
A US$220 million (S$280 million) ad campaign featuring her astride a horse telling migrants to turn back, combined with fumbled congressional testimony, turned Ms Kristi Noem into the story. Then came the end.
The firing of the Homeland Security Secretary, hours after she testified to congressional committees about her first year in office, is the latest and clearest proof of one immutable rule in President Donald Trump’s Washington: The moment you become the story instead of him, your time is running out.
