NEWSFAX World News – 11/01/2025

Trump Wins Big, in Asia Trip

By Hal Mitchell – The Bard of Hearthstone Hills

President Donald Trump, our “Deal-maker in Chief” has scored big in Asia. And not just with China’s President Xi Jinping. By wielding the strength of America’s economy, Trump is overturning globalism with fresh bilateral trade deals, record-setting direct investment in the U.S. and a path to dominate artificial intelligence (AI).

Even before his meeting with Xi, Trump was racing to reset economic security. His bilateral trade deals with Asian nations go a long way toward repairing damage done after the West naively let China into the World Trade Organization’s no-tariff zone way back in 2001.

Then in South Korea, Trump got action on soybeans, rare earths, fentanyl restrictions and maybe even increased oil sales to China.

The U.S.- China deal is actually a one-year truce that will avoid the 100% penalty Trump threatened to slap on China. The question is whether China will follow through. No matter. With $525 billion of exports to the U.S. in 2024, America is by far China’s largest trading partner, which gives Trump leverage if China tries trade war tactics again.

My Comments: Trump’s “Make America First” policy is working because he has power behind his words, backed up by God!

The Handshake has proven to be the most trusted gesture in the world. It conveys more than just a friendly act!