The highly anticipated meeting in Beijing of the leaders of China and the United States this Thursday and Friday was supposed to be the most consequential foreign visit of President Donald Trump’s second term. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT And it could have been, if the trip had taken place as planned six weeks ago. Back then, on short notice, Trump postponed it because of his attack on Iran, hoping for a quick success. The Chinese hosts, although allergic to unscripted last-minute changes to protocol, were accommodating – they didn’t want to be publicly humiliated by the whims of Trump. So, the meeting…