This is a list of world leaders U.S. President Donald Trump has spoke by phone with since inauguration:
President of Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto
Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau
President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu
President of Egypt, Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi
Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi
British Prime Minister, Theresa May
Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel
President of Russia, Vladimir Putin
President of France, Francois Hollande
Prime minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull
King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud
Crown Prince of the UAE, Mohammed bin Zayed
Acting President of South Korea, Hwang Kyo-Ahn
King Abdullah II of Jordan
President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko
Prime Minister of New Zealand, Bill English
Conspicuously missing is China President Xi Jinping. The last time the two communicated was before inauguration via a telegram and a phone call made to Trump. Befitting China's label as an upcoming world superpower, one would expect President Xi to be close to if not at the top of the list. In Chinese parlance, President Trump appears to not place Xi in his eyes for now.
It's anyone guess where this is leading to. And wherever it is leading to, it looks like the U.S. is telling China in no unclear terms that it will be on the former's terms. China has been trying to act on its own terms for many years -- bordering on bullying -- that should please many to see the country now getting its comeuppance. Sounds like I will call you when I feel like it.