On October 6, local time, the US "Politico News Network"(POLITICO) quoted three anonymous people familiar with the matter as the first disclosure that US President Trump was willing to travel to Malaysia later this month to attend the 47th ASEAN Summit, provided that--
It depends on whether the Malaysian government agrees to have Trump preside over a ceremony to sign a peace agreement between Cambodia and Thailand during the summit.
Moreover, according to informed sources, the White House even put special pressure on the summit organizers to "exclude Chinese officials from attending the ceremony".
Why then?
for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Even the President of the United States can play that.
Nothing else works.
Internationally, Trump’s bullying behavior plays pure fire.
In that year, in order to force Britain to ban Huawei, he spoke to Johnson "non-stop cooperation will break the business", using intelligence sharing to fake allies;
In order to suppress the Latin American "anti-American three countries", he prepared narcotic trafficking lies sanctions against Venezuela, and sent military ships to the Caribbean to create tension;
In order to promote “America’s priority,” he whispered at the APEC summit to deny multilateral agreements and viewed the global trade system as a self-coding.
But he forgot that in the book of merits of the ceasefire, the name of China was always engraved.
When guns sounded on the Cambodia-Thailand border in July, it was China's shuttle mediation to facilitate the three-party meeting. It was China's special envoy who repeatedly persuaded peace and promoted talks, and finally pushed the two sides to reach a ceasefire consensus.
Trump, on the contrary, posted himself the gold foil of "President of Peace" while rubbing the ceasefire heat, and at the same time kicked out the real mediator. It was so brazen that it refreshed the diplomatic bottom line.
More ironically, this is not the first time he has taken an international conference as a bet.
Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement because climate cooperation is not in the interests of the United States.
The suspension of aid to Ukraine is to force Ukraine to sign a mineral agreement;
Threatening to "recover" the Panama Canal is treating the sovereignty of other countries as trophies.
In his eyes, the ASEAN Summit is not a platform for multilateral cooperation, but a stage that highlights American privileges.
Thailand’s peace is not a regional welfare but a trading political asset.
But ASEAN is not a puppet to be manipulated.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar has long pointed out that ASEAN adheres to an open and inclusive multilateral trading system and will never tolerate unilateral pressure.
When Trump swallowed the tariff bars, ASEAN multinationals voiced a voice of opposition; when he tried to divide regional cooperation, ASEAN shed light on its position with the Kuala Lumpur Declaration.
Now that ASEAN sacrifices its relationship with China for U.S. hegemony is undoubtedly a dreamer.
Hegemonic routines have never won the hearts of the people.
Threatening the UK to ban Huawei, but putting American rural operators on the verge of bankruptcy due to equipment dismantling;
Imposing a 50% tariff on Brazil will eventually make the American people pay for the price increase of coffee and orange juice;
Withdrawing from international organizations has made the United States the laughing stock of global governance.
Trying to gain a sense of existence by excluding China this time will only let ASEAN see clearly who is sincerely promoting peace and who is deliberately creating division.
The core of ASEAN Summit is "inclusiveness", not "exclusivity"; The foundation of peace between Thailand and Cambodia is "common promotion", not "hegemony".
Trump's terms are an offense to ASEAN's sovereignty, a provocation to regional peace, and an obsession with his own hegemony.
After all, the times have changed early, and the era of American invincibility has passed!
Maybe ten years ago, maybe twenty years ago.
Can not now!