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China has made it pretty clear this week that US President Donald Trump can do whatever he wants with Russia, but he’s not breaking up the Xi Jinping-Vladimir Putin bromance. In a call on Monday, Xi told Putin their relationship isn’t changing, no matter what, and Putin agreed, according to a report TASS. The two leaders had the call on the third anniversary of Russia’s Ukraine invasion, where they once again called each other “best friends” and dismissed the idea that the United States could drive a wedge between them. China’s foreign ministry released details from the call on Tuesday, and the transcript confirmed that Putin briefed Xi on his recent talks with Trump’s team. Xi then called Russia a “good neighbor” and a “true friend.” China warns the U.S.: War is a losing game China is actually in the middle of a major economic beef with America right now. On Thursday, Beijing sent a direct warning to the United States, saying any kind of war—trade, economic, or military—is a bad bet. “The U.S. needs to realize that China is not a mirror image of the hegemonic U.S.,” China’s embassy in Washington posted on X. “The U.S. should stop viewing China-U.S. relations with an outdated Cold War mentality. The U.S. must no longer seek to contain or go after China in the name of strategic competition. Whatever kind of war it is—a tariff war, a trade war, a cold war, or a hot war—they should not be fought and cannot be won.” The post was a direct response to Pete Hegseth, Trump’s defense secretary, who told Fox & Friends on Wednesday unprovoked that the U.S. is “prepared” to go to war with China. Beijing didn’t take that lightly. Since returning to office, Trump has hit China with 10% tariffs on…

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