To answer MJ's closing question.

Do you think we should tell MJ it's been in the cards since DJT's first term meetings with everyone... Xi via a meeting at the Forbidden City and upon parting with Putin passed a football/soccer ball and stated it (the ball) was in his court...aligned but not really coordinating in the open...would MJ believe it if we did....nah I doubt it.

To answer MJ's closing question.

Do think we should tell MJ it's been in the cards since DJT's first term meetings with everyone... Xi via a meeting at the Forbidden City and upon parting with Putin passed a football/soccer ball and stated it (the ball) was in his court...aligned but not really coordinating in the open...would MJ believe it if we did....nah I doubt it.