Trumps Beijing trip is looking as successful as anyone couldve hoped

It looks like President Donald Trump’s China visit will wind up as positively as anyone could reasonably hope.His host, Xi Jinping, offered at least lip service support for Washington’s central goals in Iran: permanent free passage of the Strait of Hormuz and a never-nuclear Islamic Republic.As important, Beijing gave the president a warm welcome, delivering all due honors to Trump, excellent food and even a “YMCA” serenade.Notably, Xi’s talk of “the Thucydides trap” could signal a sincere desire to avoid serious enmity.(The “trap” refers to 4th century BC Greece, when conflict between dominant power Sparta and rising power Athens led to decades of warring that left both powers reduced; a US-China war now, of course, risks world annihilation.)Another good sign: Xi accepted Trump’s invitation for a return visit to Washington, likely in September.Having the two world leaders meet and break bread together regularly is surely cause for hope that they can control their rivalry.That said, it won’t be easy.For starters: Everyone in the US delegation, from President Donald Trump down to the lowliest reporter, got told to use burner phones and email addresses for the whole trip, because the Chinese would try to hack them nonstop.Add to that a lot of bullying below the top level, as The Post’s Emily Goodin reports: Journalists kept from the action (and denied water in the heat), a White House staffer trampled by Chinese media (themselves just a government tool), a Secret Service agent kept out of official events.The US press corps literally had to make a break for it to stay with the presidential motorcade at one point.And of course Xi’s public support for opening the Strait of Hormuz and ensuring Iran never goes nuclear amounts to words, not action.Meanwhile, US officials are telling the press that Beijing has still been plotting to send arms to Tehran; time will tell if that changes.Then there’s Taiwan: The Chinese again politely pushed their gue...