Trump, Xi Skip AI Talks

Scholar power: 88.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	49%	36	88.2%

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61.0%

0.9 h

1

88.2%

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4.299

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by Fareed Zakaria

61%

Scholar power: 61.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Fareed Zakaria	45%	21	61.9%

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Scholar power

58.0%

1.7 h

1

61.9%

Ranking score

0.601

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by Martha Albertson Fineman

59%

Scholar power: 59.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Martha Albertson Fineman	38%	27	59.2%

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47.0%

1.5 h

1

59.2%

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0.306

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Martha Albertson Fineman

@mlafineman.bsky.social

www.washingtonsun.com/perspectives...

It Was Already a Pretty Bad Week. Then Trump Surrendered to China.

Xi came to town, and the American president became a supplicant.

www.washingtonsun.com

September 25, 2026 at 1:18 PM

by Michael McFaul

88%

Scholar power: 88.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	49%	36	88.2%

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Scholar power

51.0%

21.1 h

80

88.2%

Ranking score

0.711

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Michael McFaul

@mcfaulmike.bsky.social

When Xi invokes the Thucydides Trap, as he did again today, he means he sees China as the rising power and the U.S. as the declining power.

Kinda weird for an American president to just let that go, especially in remarks delivered in the White House.

But these are not normal times.

September 24, 2026 at 6:13 PM

Reposted by Michael McFaul

29%

Scholar power: 29.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	49%	36	29.4%

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57.0%

1.2 h

1

29.4%

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0.271

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

by David R. Miller Reposted by David Darmofal

30%

Scholar power: 30.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David R. Miller	18%	21	24.7%
🎓 David Darmofal	17%	11	5.6%
Total			30.4%

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52.0%

14.8 h

719

30.4%

Ranking score

0.249

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David Ryan Miller

@davidryanmiller.com

If the ballroom construction is such a sensitive national security matter, why is Trump inviting the Chinese delegation on a tour???

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

"If anybody wants to walk into a construction site ... "-- Trump's big surprise at the state dinner with Xi is inviting everybody in the room to the ballroom construction site

September 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM

by Michael McFaul Reposted by James S. Shortle

88%

Scholar power: 88.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	49%	36	88.2%
🎓 James S. Shortle	-	40	-
Total			88.2%

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47.0%

17.9 h

4

88.2%

Ranking score

0.33

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by Matthew Bunn

37%

Scholar power: 37.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Matthew Bunn	27%	21	37.1%

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Scholar power

46.0%

1.1 h

3

37.1%

Ranking score

0.179

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Matthew Bunn

@matthew-bunn.bsky.social

Important story on discussions underway on the Trump team’s charges that China and Russia have violated the testing moratorium. New concepts for confirming that activities at test sites do not produce nuclear yield are the way to go.

Exclusive | Trump Administration Presses China on Suspected Nuclear Tests in Confidential Talks

The discussions have occurred on the sidelines of multilateral meetings in Geneva, New York and Casablanca, Morocco.

www.wsj.com

September 25, 2026 at 1:45 PM

by Nikolas K. Gvosdev

43%

Scholar power: 43.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Nikolas K. Gvosdev	42%	12	43.6%

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Scholar power

49.0%

2.6 h

0

43.6%

Ranking score

0.17

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by Michael McFaul

88%

Scholar power: 88.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	49%	36	88.2%

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Scholar power

46.0%

18.8 h

45

88.2%

Ranking score

0.258

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by Manisha Sinha

27%

Scholar power: 27.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Manisha Sinha	30%	9	27.0%

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Scholar power

56.0%

2.2 h

5

27.0%

Ranking score

0.159

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Manisha Sinha

@profmsinha.bsky.social

Trump meets Xi at airport when the latter refused to do that for him in China! Seeing him kow tow to Xi is sickening!

September 25, 2026 at 12:35 PM

by Nikolas K. Gvosdev

43%

Scholar power: 43.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Nikolas K. Gvosdev	42%	12	43.6%

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Scholar power

46.0%

2.6 h

0

43.6%

Ranking score

0.141

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by Michael McFaul

88%

Scholar power: 88.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	49%	36	88.2%

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Scholar power

51.0%

17.9 h

34

88.2%

Ranking score

0.248

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Michael McFaul

@mcfaulmike.bsky.social

On the very day that Trump hosts Xi at the White House, we're talking about him denying members of our free press access to cover it.

Xi must love it.

He gets to watch an American president generate headlines over one of the freedoms that has traditionally distinguished our system from his.

September 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM

by David Darmofal

16%

Scholar power: 16.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David Darmofal	17%	11	16.9%

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Scholar power

57.0%

2.3 h

7

16.9%

Ranking score

0.106

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David Darmofal

@daviddarmofal.bsky.social

Like a toddler showing off his new toys, Trump shows Xi new White House helipad, Marine One

Trump shows Xi new White House helipad, Marine One

President Trump toured Chinese President Xi Jinping around his White House projects during the foreign leader’s state visit on Thursday. Trump walked Xi around the new granite landing pad on the S…

thehill.com

September 25, 2026 at 12:32 PM

by Ian Bremmer

51%

Scholar power: 51.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Ian Bremmer	36%	23	51.8%

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55.0%

23.8 h

14

51.8%

Ranking score

0.104

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by Michael McFaul

88%

Scholar power: 88.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	49%	36	88.2%

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50.0%

23.0 h

114

88.2%

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0.218

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Michael McFaul

@mcfaulmike.bsky.social

Trump's aides are not serving him well. Having everyone discuss the denial of reporters' access to the White House to cover the Xi visit is crowding out any possible positive press that could come out of this summit.

September 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM

by Michael McFaul

88%

Scholar power: 88.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	49%	36	88.2%

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Scholar power

54.0%

14.1 h

4

88.2%

Ranking score

0.217

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Reposted by Aric Rindfleisch

4%

Scholar power: 4.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Aric Rindfleisch	8%	38	4.9%

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47.0%

14.2 h

23292

4.9%

Ranking score

0.092

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by Michael McFaul

88%

Scholar power: 88.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	49%	36	88.2%

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Scholar power

54.0%

23.8 h

8

88.2%

Ranking score

0.215

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by Timothy D. McBride

0%

Scholar power: 0.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 44%, Computer science 30%, Law 17%, Business 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Timothy D. McBride	0%	23	0.0%

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Scholar power

53.0%

3.8 h

26

0.0%

Ranking score

0.079

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

In Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...

In Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So.

The showdown over President Trump’s partial media ban played out as he welcomed President Xi Jinping, whose government is ranked among the most repressive in the world.

www.nytimes.com

September 25, 2026 at 11:00 AM

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