Trump heads into a week of diplomacy, hampered by a lack of allies

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Democracy Dies in Darkness

At the United Nations on Tuesday and in meetings with China's Xi Jinping on Thursday, the president will largely stand alone.

September 21, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDTToday at 5:00 a.m. EDT

China's President Xi Jinping welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump to Beijing on May 14 with a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People. Xi will be visiting the United States this week. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

When President Donald Trump treks out to Joint Base Andrews to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, it will be as a leader who increasingly stands alone as he engages with his biggest geopolitical counterpart.

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