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							<title><![CDATA[President Trump&rsquo;s Leverage in Beijing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/14/president_trumps_leverage_in_beijing_154120.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stanton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s trip to Beijing is the first state visit to China by the sitting president since November 2017 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' nearly a decade ago.
Since then, the U.S.-China relationship has changed dramatically. China'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s military buildup has continued unabated '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' eroding the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Trump&rsquo;s Golden Defense Opportunity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/21/president_trumps_golden_defense_opportunity_153735.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stanton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lost in the news coming out of Greenland and Iran was President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s announcement earlier this month that his next defense budget request will total $1.5 trillion. If enacted, this would be the largest peacetime defense budget increase in history, surpassing even the budgets of...]]></description>
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