A trade truce, a nuclear threat: What to make of the Trump-Xi meeting

President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, on November 9, 2017 in Beijing during Trump’s first term in office. | Thomas Peter/Pool/Getty Images Since President Donald Trump’s second term began, his administration’s approach to China has been arguably the toughest aspect of its foreign policy to parse. In part, that’s because the top members of Trump’s team haven’t always seemed to be on the same page with each other or with the president on the question of just how confrontational to be with America’s closest superpower rival. If there w