Xi's visit in September seems like quite the powerful card, pan-green was making a lot of noise in their media back when Trump said he would do a phone call, but then subsequently cooled off once it became apparent the call wasn't forthcoming.
Not sure if it moves the needle much politically on the island though. Polls are showing Lai's favourability is dropping fast but also KMT isn't really doing any better relative to DPP, no doubt their current infighting (a proud KMT tradition going back a century) means they can't capitalize on Lai getting the cold shoulder from US.
