Well, it looks like the tariff war between the United States and China might finally be heading to the history books—thanks to the Trump administration’s latest play led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. After two marathon days of talks in Geneva with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, there’s a fresh agreement on the table, and this time, it looks like something real.
Let’s take a moment to appreciate what just happened. For years, China’s been getting away with economic daylight robbery—manipulating currency, stealing intellectual property, dumping cheap products into our markets, and putting American workers out of jobs. Then came President Trump, who didn’t just tweet about it. He hit Beijing where it hurts: tariffs. Massive ones. We’re talking 145% on Chinese goods, with China firing back with 125% on U.S. exports. It was messy, painful, and exactly what needed to happen to finally make them listen.
And now they’re listening.
Trump wrote on Truth Social from Mar-a-Lago or wherever he’s sunning in between world-shaking negotiations: “A total reset negotiated in a friendly, but constructive, manner… GREAT PROGRESS MADE!!!” In Trump-speak, that’s practically Churchillian. But the real meat comes from Bessent and Greer. According to them, this wasn’t just a photo op or a polite round of tea and tariffs. This was an eight-hour knock-down, drag-out negotiation session with serious movement toward ending a trade war that was long overdue.
.@SecScottBessent says there has been a "great deal of productivity" in trade talks with China: "We will be giving details tomorrow, but I can tell you that the talks were productive." pic.twitter.com/v85uugnMnV
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 11, 2025
.@USTradeRep in Geneva: "The U.S. has a massive $1.2 trillion trade deficit, so the President declared a national emergency … We're confident that the deal we struck with our Chinese partners will help us work toward resolving that national emergency." pic.twitter.com/1kuPhzzGLp
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 11, 2025
What’s most telling? How fast this thing came together. Greer pointed out that the deal’s speed shows maybe the gap wasn’t so wide after all—meaning China finally realized the old game was up. No more sweet-talking Washington while raking in the surplus. No more telling American farmers and manufacturers to sit down and shut up.
Of course, we don’t have the details yet. That comes Monday. But if this agreement does what Bessent and Greer are hinting at—opens Chinese markets to American businesses, reduces the trade deficit, and cools tensions—it’s another foreign policy win under President Trump’s belt. The kind the media will either ignore or try to twist.
This isn’t diplomacy for show. This is diplomacy with results, rooted in putting America first. Imagine that—leadership that actually works.
Think this will finally get the media to admit Trump knows how to negotiate? Or will they find a typo in the transcript and call it a scandal?
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