i think it has strengthened xi. given everything trump is doing globally it is really hard to make a cogent argument that xi screwed up the trade talks, unless you think he should have just rolled over. in fact, xi can say this guy is impossible to deal with and he has shown us clearly what many of us believed anyway, that us is out to keep us down, and so the only way to push back on the us it be more unified and unified around a strong leader with a strong military