Hahaha, the most surreal part of this exposé by *The New York Times* isn’t the so-called 'Trump-Xi meeting.' It’s the fact that a group of America’s top capitalists ended up looking like a bunch of 'last-minute visitors' at the scene. They weren’t invited as part of the original plan. The White House only called them in at the very last minute before the meeting. And what happened when they got there? Even getting through the door was an issue. Some were even stopped outside for a while. When they finally made it into the venue, they realized there weren’t enough chairs. What followed was an absurd scene: Some of the most powerful business tycoons in America stood in a line to speak, like a backdrop, waiting for 'approval.' And behind each of them were billions of dollars in real, tangible interests. Tesla wants China to approve nearly $3 billion worth of solar equipment exports. NVIDIA is waiting for China to greenlight H200 purchases. Boeing hasn’t secured a decent order from China in a decade. Visa still hasn’t obtained a license for RMB clearing. GE Aviation is waiting on rare earth supplies. Meta is even being asked to withdraw its acquisition of a Chinese AI company. Suddenly, you realize: We used to think Chinese companies couldn’t survive without the U.S. But now, it’s starting to look more like— U.S. capital can’t live without the Chinese market. What’s even more intriguing is this: These are the people who sit at the very top of global capital, the ones who call the shots in the U.S. But when it comes to the Chinese market, they instantly go from being 'rule-makers' to 'waiting for results.' This scene alone captures the shifting dynamics of global power with crystal clarity.