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President Trump says he and Xi Jinping will have a fantastic relationship long into the future.

The view from inside China tells a different story.

There is a broader push underway by the country to bolster relationships with other countries

that might be unhappy with America's tariff policy.

I'm Carolyn Beeler.

And I'm Marco Werman.

Plus, we check in on elections in the Netherlands.

The biggest far-right party lost ground, and a young centrist looks likely to be the next prime minister.

He's taken his party to unprecedented heights.

Also a deadly police drug rate in Rio de Janeiro.

And cross-border tensions between the

U.S. and Canada are making for an extra wild world series. This seems like a bit of a, maybe a bit

of a revenge fantasy. Those stories and a lot more today here on the world.

This is the world. I'm Marco Wormon.

And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Thank you for tuning in today. A 12 out of 10. That's how President

Trump described his highly anticipated meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping this morning.

I mean, he's a tremendous leader of a very powerful country, and I give great respect to him,

and we appreciate the fact that he came for this meeting.

Trump, they're talking to reporters aboard Air Force One earlier today.

The two leaders met in Busan, South Korea for a little under two hours.

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