“President Nixon met Chou En-Lai
Figures the idiots as faux news get it wrong”
President Nixon met Mao AND Chou En Lai on February 21, 1972. Though that was the only meeting with Mao, and it only lasted about an hour, Nixon had several meetings with Premier Chou En Lai between February 21-28, 1972.
https://alphahistory.com/coldwar/summary-nixon-meeting-mao-1972/
Mao had been in bad health and left the hospital only nine days before the meeting. He ignored his advisors because he felt the meeting with Nixon was important.
I stand corrected on meeting Mao then.
I personally have likened President Trump’s meeting with Kim to Nixon opening the doors to China, which is widely regarded as his time with Chou En-Lai.
I don’t know obviously but I suspect meeting with Mao was out of courtesy and a sign of respect. Chou En-Lai was THE meeting that would shape the future of Sino-American relations.
So - did Charles Creitz mean President Trump’s groundbreaking meeting with Kim was pretty much like Nixon’s symbolic meeting with Mao, or did Mr. Creitz regard this as momentous as RMH opening the doors to China?
I was under the impression Mr. Creitz thought this (Trump-Kim) to be momentous; on par with the Nixon-Chau discussions, dinners, etc.
Therefore Mao probably shouldn’t have even been mentioned.