A little departure from the mayor's race, President Trump is doing amazing things.

Once again, in Asia, Malaysia, yesterday, Tokyo today, all leading up to his big meeting with President G.

Coming up on Thursday, there is nobody in the world.

I mean in the world, who knows this stuff more than Gordon Chang.

I compel you to follow Gordon on Twitter at Gordon G. Chang.

Gordo, good Monday morning, buddy. How are you?

I'm fine, Sid, and thank you so much.

Does anybody else call you Gordo, by the way, or just me?

Well, as a kid, yes.

And Gordo, of course, in Spanish, is fat, but I've never been fat.

That's true. You want the antithesis of fat. You're in good shape.

Lydia keeps you in good shape. I know that, Gordon.

Let's get to the matter at hand. Trump is in Asia.

Let's talk about the framework for this deal for the rare

earth minerals. This is really the big contention between the United States and China, but it does

seem like there's a deal in place. Tell me about that. Yes, well, the deal would be that, as

Treasury Secretary Besson said, the U.S. is not going to impose its additional 100% tariff on November 1.

The Chinese will not impose an embargo on rare earths.

They'll buy soybeans.

There'll be discussions on fentanyl.

That's what we know so far.

President Trump is in his comments on Air Force One said,

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