Men in the mirror: Trump and Xi’s suits put ‘chameleon effect’ to test in Beijing

Mirroring of each other’s attire may signal alignment – though the look wasn’t a huge departure for either leader

When Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met for a welcome ceremony in Tiananmen Square this week with the world’s gaze on them, they mirrored one another in strikingly similar suits.

Both were blue, single-breasted with flap pockets. Both had two buttons with only the top one done up. Both wore red ties.

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15 thoughts on “Men in the mirror: Trump and Xi’s suits put ‘chameleon effect’ to test in Beijing

  1. In other words both were blue, single-breasted with flap pockets. Curious to see how this develops.

  2. The detail about both were blue, single-breasted with flap pockets is something people should sit with.

  3. When you look at both were blue, single-breasted with flap pockets, the implications are hard to ignore.

  4. The fact that both were blue, single-breasted with flap pockets really puts things into perspective.

  5. What stands out is mirroring of each other’s attire may signal alignment – though the look wasn’t a huge departure for either. That is the part worth paying attention to.

  6. On one hand mirroring of each other’s attire may signal alignment – though the look wasn’t a huge departure for either. But at the same time when Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met for a welcome ceremony in Tiananmen Square this week with the world’s gaze on them, they mirrored one another in strikingly similar suits.

  7. If when Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met for a welcome ceremony in Tiananmen Square this week with the world’s gaze on them, they mirrored one another in strikingly similar suits, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.

  8. So the bottom line is mirroring of each other’s attire may signal alignment – though the look wasn’t a huge departure for either. Wonder how this will land.

  9. So the bottom line is when Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met for a welcome ceremony in Tiananmen Square this week with the world’s gaze on them, they mirrored one another in strikingly similar suits. Wonder how this will land.

  10. The detail about mirroring of each other’s attire may signal alignment – though the look wasn’t a huge departure for either is something people should sit with.

  11. What stands out is both were blue, single-breasted with flap pockets. That is the part worth paying attention to.

  12. On one hand both were blue, single-breasted with flap pockets. But at the same time mirroring of each other’s attire may signal alignment – though the look wasn’t a huge departure for either.

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