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And Meghan, despite her very intentional regular mom persona, seems very hit or miss in that charm offensive.

It comes as Xi is on a so called "charm offensive" trip across South East Asia, which will also see him visit Malaysia and Cambodia.

"They were heading for a charm offensive without charm," he said.

Coinciding uncomfortably with the leaked Signal chat and its Euro-bashing, the EU's trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic, along with the head of cabinet of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, arrived in Washington on Tuesday hoping to launch a charm offensive to try to stave off a new tariff onslaught.

Should South Africa's charm offensive fail, Mr Van Heerden suggests the government could opt to "negotiate hard" and use the minerals it supplies to the US as a "bargaining chip".