The world didn’t pivot in Beijing — it broke.

Xi told the President of the United States that the American century was over. Trump said nothing. And in that silence, Taiwan was traded away, alliances were gutted, and the balance of power in Asia flipped for the first time since 1945.

This assessment lays out the full ledger:

China’s magazine is full. America’s is empty.

The hammer is falling. The anvil is American weakness.

And the democracies of Asia are now the new Poland.

If you think Yalta was a tragedy of necessity, wait until you see a tragedy of choice.

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