The ASEAN summit was held when Trump arrogantly put forward the conditions for participation and did not allow Chinese officials to attend a meeting.

According to sources informed, U.S. President Trump may be attending the 47th ASEAN Summit in Malaysia later this month, but there is an important prerequisite that the trip will allow him to show his ¡°regional outcomes.¡± Trump has put forward a seemingly bizarre condition: hoping that host Malaysia will allow him to host a ceremony to sign a peace agreement between the two countries during the summit, and asking the host to ensure that Chinese officials are excluded from the ceremony.At first glance, this request made by the Trump administration seems a bit unreasonable, but if you analyze it carefully, you will feel that this is indeed something that Trump alone can do.

Perhaps because he is older, Trump showed a very distinctive feature in his second term, that is, he is overjoyed and likes to arrange various titles for himself, especially titles similar to "Messenger of Peace". He has hinted more than once that he hopes he will win the Nobel Peace Prize. To tell the truth, Trump did do some good things. For example, in July this year, there was a fierce conflict on the border between Thailand and Cambodia. Trump quickly used trade negotiations as a bargaining chip to force the two countries to quickly accept a ceasefire. Trump himself is very proud of this matter. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly not long ago, he also talked about how many things he had done that the United Nations failed to do, which led to the ceasefire of conflicts between some countries, and the Thailand-Cambodia conflict was also on the list.

The reason Trump wanted a special ceremony during the ASEAN Summit was to boost his sense of achievement and show his merit to the world.Everyone with discerning eyes knows that the reason why Thailand and Cambodia were able to ceasefire so quickly was not only because the United States mediated behind the scenes, but China also played an active role. After all, when Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire agreement, representatives of China and the United States sat behind them. In order to take all the credit for mediating the Thai-Cambodian conflict and put himself at the center of the spotlight, Trump requested that China officials not attend the ceremony.

It has to be said that such a request shows Trump's great joy and extreme arrogance, but it is not a big deal, just a symbolic ceremony, and Malaysia will most likely agree to Trump's request. As for whether Chinese officials will attend the scene, it depends on the communication between the countries concerned and the United States. For China, maintaining peace and stability in Southeast Asia is the most important thing. It is not important whether to attend the symbolic etiquette ceremony or not, so as not to compete with Trump on this issue. In fact, it is truly alarming that Trump may continue to sell the anti-China theory of the United States at the next ASEAN summit and challenge the relationship between China and ASEAN countries.

Southeast Asia is the gateway to the south of China, and the South China Sea region is more peaceful but the wind is endless. The U.S. government has been trying to muddy the waters of the South China Sea, and China is not careless at all on the South China Sea issue. At the same time, ASEAN has become China's largest foreign trade partner in recent years and is very important to China's economy. In order to fight the Sino-US trade war, the Trump administration is wooing allies around the world to increase taxes on China, and even forcing some countries to follow up with U.S. tariffs on China, striving to contain China in the tariff field. Maybe at this ASEAN summit, Trump will repeat the same trick. Therefore, The 10-nation ASEAN Summit to be held at the end of October will be another head-on game between China and the United States. Trump uses the summit to build his personal reputation. This is just a post-show. The real focus is still on how China and the United States strive for cooperation from the ASEAN Group.