How Trump could ‘un-unite’ the Xi-Putin alliance
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President Donald Trump said on the campaign trail he wanted to “un-unite” the alliance between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

But the immensely complex geopolitical dynamic has prompted questions about whether Trump can pull a “reverse Kissinger” and prompt a modern-day version of the Sino-Soviet split.

“I think there’s many ways this alliance could be fractured,” Fred Fleitz, who served as a deputy assistant to Trump and chief of staff of the National Security Council during the president’s first term, told Fox News Digital.

Russian President Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shaking hands.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Tatarstan Republic, Russia. (Getty Images)

The theory that cozying up to Putin could be the ticket in breaking up his alliance with Xi has been dubbed the “reverse Kissinger” in a nod to Henry Kissinger who, starting in 1972 alongside President Richard Nixon, improved relations with China in a move to further isolate the USSR.

Trump, to some extent, has already tried this approach, as witnessed by his insistence that diplomacy was the best way forward with Putin, his initial reproach of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “ungrateful” and his apparent understanding of why Putin invaded Ukraine when it came to supposed threats posed by NATO. 

Putin’s war aims have thus far been undeterred and China, which for years took a publicly neutral position when it came to the war in Ukraine, has increasingly voiced its support of Russia despite Western pressure. 

But Fleitz argued this strategy will take time.

“It’s going to be hard,” he said. “But, first of all, our policy with Russia started off in a bad situation for Trump.

“There was no dialog between Putin and Biden after Russia invaded Ukraine,” Fleitz added, noting that despite surface-level commentary, strife between Russia and China is brewing. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend an official welcome ceremony in Beijing, China, May 16, 2024. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Reports in June leaked by the Russian intelligence agency known as the FSB apparently showed that Moscow has dubbed Beijing “the enemy” and is aware of its efforts to gain access to top military technologies by recruiting Russian spies, often disillusioned Russian scientists.

While reporting has suggested that Russia views China as a strategic partner to counter the West, Beijing is known for playing the long game, and Moscow’s dependence on the Chinese Communist Party as one of its few allies could prove a future vulnerability for it. 

“There are press articles coming out lately about how China is spying on Russia and taking advantage of this relationship to advance Chinese security,” Fleitz said. “We need to make this point to the Russians at every opportunity — the Chinese are not your friend. 

“You need to make a deal with Donald Trump.” 

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