President Donald Trump was under firm restraint and self-control throughout his summit meeting with President Xi Jinping of China.

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He did not respond to the shouted questions from journalists.

There were no readouts from the White House summarizing the sessions between the two leaders. But as soon as Air Force One cleared Chinese airspace, Trump returned to form.

In a Q&A on Iran with David Sanger of the New York Times, Trump said Sanger's reporting on Iran was treasonous.

On his Truth Social platform, Trump expressed his admiration of China's ballroom for the state dinner, and said the US should have one too. He also shared news of a golden statue of himself that has been erected on one of his Florida golf courses.

In the days before President Trump jetted to Beijing for his summit with President Xi, it became clear that Trump's mind is in a very troubled state.

We see it because he is not trying to hide anything from us. He is showing us every day what is racing through his head - on what he not only wants but demands, on how he is winning, on what his enemies are doing and what he wants done to them, on what he believes is true and false.

He claims repeatedly that no president has achieved so much or become more popular. In his late evenings until the pre-dawn hours, Trump vomits the recesses of his thinking onto his Truth Social page in an orgy of public ridicule, trashing, smearing, and spectacle.

Trump has a massive war that is still going on with Iran and continues to wreck the global economy. But he is unmoved by the urgency of finding the way out of it. Just before getting on the plane to Beijing, Trump was fixated on his fixation with Iran. "The only thing that matters when I'm talking about Iran - they can't have a nuclear weapon," he said.

"I don't think about Americans' financial........

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