Jake Sullivan on China:

We just had Xi Jinping in town. Trump rolled out the red carpet for him. For the first time in decades, an American president actually went to Andrews Air Force Base and stood at the side of the plane as this foreign autocrat showed up on American soil.

And I’d be fine with all of that if the American people were getting something out of it. But the net result was Xi walked in and out a very confident man that he essentially has the catbird seat in the U.S.-China relationship.

And I think Trump has put us in a very challenging position in that competition.