Trump says Xi agreed US became a ‘declining nation’ during Biden years

During U.S.-China summit talks in Beijing, Trump interpreted Xi Jinping's reference to the "Thucydides Trap" as agreement that the U.S. became a declining nation under Biden, and used it to attack his predecessor. Xi's actual comments invoked geopolitical theory about rising versus established powers and raised concerns about potential U.S.-China conflict over Taiwan, though it's unclear if he explicitly called the U.S. declining.