Left panel: a disheveled, sweating Donald Trump grips his phone at a cluttered desk, oblivious to a jagged hole blown in the wall behind him with the American flag leaning in the rubble, shouting, quote, We're leading Chi-na in AI. Whoever wins AI wins. We must push forward! end quote. Right panel: a high-tech command room with a Chinese flag, circuit-pattern display, two small robots and a drone; Xi Jinping laughs as the drone hands him a soda, saying, quote, ...So we made it free. end quote. Drawn to the desk editor’s direction · render source not recorded
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