@#9 ... Donald is the mouse about to be played with by that cat, Xi. ...

Back when I was car-pooling in the 80's, my car-pool friend related a story.

The evening before we rode, he had walked into their bathroom only to see their cat playing with a mouse in the bathtub.

The mouse would use its paw to swat the mouse to the back of the tub, where the mouse tried to climb the wall. Because that climb attempt was not successful, the mouse would slide back into the cat's area again. Only to be swatting again.

The eventual outcome was clear.

But my friend interceded --- got a small box, got the mouse into the box and released it outside and away from the house.

Now the Trump team sees to be indicating that Pres Trump and Pres Xi will be talking next Tuesday.