with me is our china editor carrie gracie. we know the president trump thinks the summit will be very difficult. what the chinese think? i think they‘re finding it difficult before they‘re finding it difficult before they arrive because from a political point of view the chinese like to get everything nailed down to the last detail before they do these things. they like every set piece occasion to be choreographed to the nines, and to go into a florida summit with a man who has said so many disobliging things about china, calling it a rapist and thief of americanjobs calling it a rapist and thief of american jobs and the rest of it is a very difficult and high risk in counter for a very difficult and high risk in counterfor a a very difficult and high risk in counter for a chinese president. respect, face, dignity are enormously important in chinese politics and president xi jinping is not an off—the—cuff, spontaneous kind of guy. what about the specific issues of trade and north korea? president trump has conducted hi