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China's President Xi Jinping speaks during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People on November 25, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump listens during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on December 15, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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Chinese national flags flutter near Tian'anmen Square on March 3, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks at an event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, and General Franz von Epp leave the Munich Airport on September 30, 1938, for the Four Power Conference in Munich to decide the question of Czechoslovakia.
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David Asher
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