Europe Warns It Is "Truly Alone" After Trump-Xi Summit Shifts Global Power Balance
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May 15, 2026
By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers
A consequential new Security Council (SC) report circulating in the Kremlin today first noting President Xi Jinping revealed about his private two-hour conversation with President Donald Trump: "We reached important common understandings on maintaining stable economic and trade ties, expanding practical cooperation in various fields, and properly addressing each other's concerns", says this revelation was immediately followed by the news: "President Donald Trump left Beijing on Friday afternoon, concluding his state visit to China...Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and minister of foreign affairs, saw Trump off at the airport".
Even though geopolitical experts factually documented that President Trump left China with "few wins", this report notes, he nevertheless posted the misleading announcement to the American peoples about what President Xi observed about the United States:
When President Xi very elegantly referred to the United States as perhaps being a declining nation, he was referring to the tremendous damage we suffered during the four years of Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, and on that score, he was 100% correct.
Our Country suffered immeasurably with open borders, high taxes, transgender for everybody, men in women's sports, DEI, horrible trade deals, rampant crime, and so much more!
President Xi was not referring to the incredible rise that the United States has displayed to the world during the 16 spectacular months of the Trump Administration, which includes all-time high stock markets and 401K's, military victory and thriving relationship in Venezuela, the military decimation of Iran (to be continued!) Strongest military on earth by far, economic powerhouse again, with a record 18 trillion dollars being invested into the United States by others, best U.S. job market in history, with more people working in the United States right now than ever before, ending country destroying DEI, and so many other things that it would be impossible to readily list. In fact,
President Xi congratulated me on so many tremendous successes in such a short period of time.
Two years ago, we were, in fact, a Nation in decline. On that, I fully agree with President Xi!
But now, the United States is the hottest Nation anywhere in the world, and hopefully our relationship with China will be stronger and better than ever before!
Upon President Trump leaving China today, this report continues, oil prices surged higher the International Energy Agency warned that oil stockpiles were being drained at a record rate last month as the American-Israeli war in Iran continues to choke supply in an unprecedented supply shock the Wall Street Journal sounded that alarm: "Gas prices are about to explode higer as reserves run empty" and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf warned: "The United States efforts at sustaining military escalation near the Strait of Hormuz could trigger a fresh global financial crisis at a time when Washington's national debt already stands at a whopping $39 trillion".
Yesterday, this report details, Iran sunk one ship and seized another in the Strait of Hormuz, then Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared today: "The only solution to the issue of passage through the Strait of Hormuz is a complete cessation of the aggressive war waged by the United States against Iran, after which we will guarantee safe passage for every vessel".
Also upon President Trump leaving China today, this report notes, top Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced: "We are closely monitoring the information about the results of Trump's visit to China that comes through the media...As they say, first-hand, we hope to receive this information when we are in China...The Kremlin will soon announce the dates of President Vladimir Putin's visit to China" an announcement joined with the news: "Russia's oil export revenues have continued to rise despite lower production thanks to high oil prices...According to the International Energy Agency monthly market report for May, Russia's oil export revenues clocked in at $19.18 billion in April, good for a modest $180 million increase from March but a massive jump of $6.28 billion compared to April 2025" and it was also revealed: "The European Union's imports of Russian liquefied natural gas has reached a record high this year, amid the growing energy crisis triggered by the United States-Israeli war on Iran".
After watching the Trump-Xi Summit continue to shift the global balance of power towards the East and away from the West, this report concludes, it caused former President Mario Draghi of the European Central Bank to warn: "The world that once helped Europe generate prosperity no longer exists...President Donald Trump's increasingly confrontational and unpredictable policies have left Europe truly alone" and was a warning quickly joined with the news: "The Pentagon has abruptly cancelled a planned deployment of 4,000 U.S. troops to Poland, as concerns over the reliability of U.S. military commitments to European allies continue to increase...The surprise announcement comes just weeks after the U.S. Department of Defense announced on May 1 that the United States will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany, a key NATO ally, amid rising tensions between Washington and Berlin over the war in Iran".