{"podcast":{"title":"Letters from an American","slug":"letters-from-an-american-5323066","podcast_index_feed_id":5323066,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/20533.rss","website_url":"https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/20533/d8108611b5cdc00657825d77dc6029b1.jpg","author":"Heather Cox Richardson","episode_count":768,"summary":"A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/letters-from-an-american-5323066"},"episode":{"title":"Trump's China Trip","slug":"trump-s-china-trip","published_at":"2026-05-16T23:55:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/letters-from-an-american-5323066/trump-s-china-trip","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/letters-from-an-american-5323066","url":"https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/trumps-china-trip","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/198063589/e5e0505e1b6ce48fea09d4fa8282b663.mp3","summary":"Xi Jinping appears to have gotten what he wanted from the meeting with Trump, Trump’s actions make it appear China and the US are peers. Xi signals he sees US as a declining power, Trump appears to miss the context of their meeting, Trump misses the point that America’s strength was always about its alliances, Trump posts about the WH ballroom, Hegseth reverses plan to send troops to Poland, Chairs of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees are angry about changing plans and the administration’s failure to involve them, Corruption in Trump family finances continuew unabated. Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/g9TUa1Rwd6U?si=T8_KKcHQZElhpnZ- Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe You can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Xi Jinping appears to have gotten what he wanted from the meeting with Trump, Trump’s actions make it appear China and the US are peers. Xi signals he see…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":773,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/letters-from-an-american-5323066/episodes/trump-s-china-trip/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/letters-from-an-american-5323066/trump-s-china-trip.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}