# Is Trump in love with Xi Jinping?! Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-friction-6897945/is-trump-in-love-with-xi-jinping Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-friction-6897945/is-trump-in-love-with-xi-jinping.md Podcast: [American Friction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-friction-6897945) Published: 2026-05-15T12:51:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2737207054.mp3 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2737207054.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/american-friction-6897945/episodes/is-trump-in-love-with-xi-jinping Duration seconds: 3007 ## Resource Trump is in China and can’t seem to tell they’re getting one over him. Is it because he’s naive or because he actually wishes his government worked a bit more like the CCP? Nikki and Jarv discuss. Back us on Patreon – we need your help to keep going. Get ad free episodes, extra bits and merch: https://www.patreon.com/c/americanfriction We’re now on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanFrictionPod Follow us on social media: BlueSky Instagram TikTok Written and presented by Nikki McCann Ramirez and Jacob Jarvis. Video and audio editor: Simon Williams. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis Executive producer: Martin Bojtos. Artwork by James Parrett. Music: Orange Factory Music. AMERICAN FRICTION is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/american-friction-6897945/episodes/is-trump-in-love-with-xi-jinping/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-friction-6897945/is-trump-in-love-with-xi-jinping.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.