I think some in the MSM are missing the hidden message behind Trump's praise of Xi

I've been watching MSNOW and the theme (so far) of most of the coverage of Trump's China visit has been the marveling over Trump's outright subservience and praise of Chinese President Xi Jinping. But personally I think they're missing the message (the REASONING) behind Trump's adulation.

That reason for the EFFUSIVE ass-kissing, being Xi's lifetime presidency, his iron fisted rule over 1-point-something billion people, his complete rule over his government, his complete control over the press. AND of course, Xi's ballroom. Gotta have a ballroom like Xi. For Trump it's essentially a wholly personal and, as usual, self serving promotion of that which he SO much WANTS TO BE.

And if that means abandoning Taiwan to achieve that end, Trump couldn't care LESS. After all, they wouldn't be the FIRST ally Trump's abandoned (the Kurds, Ukraine, Germany, soon to be Poland, NATO) in subservience to and adulation of despots, dictators, authoritarians and the like.

Trump's Past Unsettling Praise Of Xi Raises Eyebrows Online Amid Summit - Huffpost via Yahoo News Canada