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G WRAPPED UP HIS VISIT TO WASHINGTON AFTER A WARM WELCOME FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIGH-STAKES TALKS OF THE WHITE HOUSE. IN THE SAME WEEK COME A TRUMP BAND OF SOME JOURNALIST FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, CITING REPORTS HE SAID THREATENED NATIONAL SECURITY. THEIR ACCESS WAS RESTORED TEMPORARILY BY A FEDERAL JUDGE. TO DISCUSS THAT AND MORE, WE TURN TO THE ANALYSIS OF BROOKS AND CAPEHART, DAVID BROOKS AND JONATHAN CAPEHART. GREAT TO SEE YOU BOTH.

LET'S START WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING'S VISIT. HE TOURED THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE. WHEN HE FIRST ARRIVED, TRUMP LITERALLY ROLLED OUT THE RED CARPET. THERE WAS A RARE PLANE SIDE GREETING FOR THE CHINESE PRESIDENT, A LAVISH STATE DINNER. THEY TALKED ABOUT TRADE AND AI AND TAIWAN, BUT THERE WAS NOT MUCH SUBSTANCE OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS. WE HAVE NOT HAD A READ OUT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

EXPERTS TELL US IT IS GOOD THEY MET, THAT THEY CONTINUE TO TALK. IF STABILITY WAS THE GOAL, WAS THE MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?

MAYBE. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO READ THE READOUTS AND WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT. WHAT PLANS THEY MIGHT HAVE PUT IN PLACE FOR WHEN THEY MEET AGAIN, I BELIEVE IN NOVEMBER IN CHINA. BUT IT SEEMS TO ME HE CAME TO WASHINGTON WITH VERY STRONG FOOTING. IN THE SENSE THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES RARELY, IF EVER, SOMEONE REPORTED IT IS USUALLY FOR THE POPE THAT THE PRESIDENT LEAVES THE WHITE HOUSE TO GO GREET A FOREIGN PLAIN SIDE ON THE SIDE.

USUALLY CHIEF OF PROTOCOL, AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE MY HUSBAND USED TO BE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF PROTOCOL DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. IT IS ONE THING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET. IT IS ANOTHER FOR HIM TO DO THAT AND BE AT THE AIRPORT. SO I WONDER GOING INTO THESE MEETINGS, WHO HAD THE STRONGER HAND? IT IS QUITE SAD, I CANNOT SAY THE UNITED STATES REALLY WENT IN AND ARE YOU HARD ON A.I., UKRAINE, IRAN, TRADE.

A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THE U.S. IS ANY -- IN A BETTER POSITION THAN BEFORE PRESIDENT XI GOT HERE.

JONATHAN IS ARTICULATING CONCERNS FROM OTHER REGIONAL WATCHERS AND EXPERTS. THEY SAY THE PAGEANTRY AND THE FANFARE HAS THEM BELIEVING THE U.S. IS TREATING ITS ADVERSARIES BETTER THAN IT IS TREATING ITS ALLIES. HOW DO YOU SEE IT?

THAT IS A MOST IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP IN THE WORLD. I'M GLAD TRUMP WENT OUT AND MET HIM AT THE AIRPORT, ON THE OTHER OF TSA WITH A NAME CARD. [LAUGHTER] BUT I WORRY THAT THIS IS ALL JUST A SPECTACLE. AND THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE NO TRUMP POLICY PROCESS. ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS ON TRADE, IN THE ECONOMY, TAIWAN? CONTINUING THE MOST URGENT ISSUE IS AI. WE ONLY REGULATE A.I. IF CHINA AND AMERICA COME TOGETHER AND DO SOME JOINT REGULATIONS.

YET I'M VERY DUBIOUS WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THE INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST DERRICK THOMPSON DID REPORTING ON THE SPIRIT HE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE CHINESE COMMUNITY ARE THINKING ABOUT A.I. THE ANSWER TENDS TO BE NO. THE CHINESE SCIENTISTS AND COMMUNITY IS NOT AS INTERESTED IN ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AS WE A