### Comment:
In other words: maybe Trump gets reelected. Maybe he doesn't. It doesn't change the fact that Xi is still gonna try to wait him out.

### REPLY:
thing is you can gauge trump's reelecction through the approval from his voter base. If he can offset the harm done to the voters Xi will have to either try to do more harm or try to appease him. The deal with japan, if small, aleviates some of the pressure over the farmers.

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