The China Gambit: From Nixon to Trump
13 May 2026 at 23:20
President Trump’s visit to Beijing comes as relations with China have became more combative.


U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 18 that will expand and fund research into the use of psychedelic substances to treat mental health issues. For the first time in decades, the federal government is not just tolerating or indirectly funding research into psychedelic substances. This time Trump has decided to actually promote it at the federal level, focusing his efforts above all on ibogaine. But this is not the only substance that has received the green light. The clinical trials already underway with psilocybin and MDMA have been also been given a boost.

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