trump is all about some media spectacle/event designed to make conversation on another storyline he doesn't like "stop." which is one thing if you're trying to get the entertainment press to stop covering your affair. it doesn't really work in the presidency.
having a white house photo op with a chinese rep doesnt actually change the effect of ongoing tariffs and reporting on them. its a spectacle designed to stop the bleeding but there's real policy at play and you can't choreograph that.
bush often tried this with the war. i remember when the white house released their "strategy" for iraq which changed jack and shit about american soldiers being blown up every day.
