News Summary

• The world appears to be slipping into bipolarity, with US President Donald Trump realizing the limits of America’s economic leverage.
• His tariffs failed to move China, forcing him to revive the Barack Obama-era “G2" idea, much to the dismay of India, which has long championed a multipolar world.
• Just ahead of his meeting with Xi, Trump announced that he had given the Pentagon orders to resume testing nuclear weapons.
• But the key question is: What happens to his “Peace President" title?
• Wouldn't resurrecting the nuclear arms race temper his Nobel Peace Prize prospects?