BEIJING — Returning from a whirlwind summit in Beijing, President Donald Trump announced a landmark diplomatic achievement late Tuesday, revealing that Chinese President Xi Jinping has agreed to unfollow him on social media at a significantly reduced pace, a concession the White House is calling a “massive, beautiful win for American prestige.”

According to a fact sheet distributed aboard Air Force One, the new “Strategic Patience Framework” commits Xi to a staggered unfollowing schedule across all platforms, downgrading from the previously threatened immediate hard block to a gradual, face-saving mute-and-fade protocol over 18 months. “Instead of just ripping the bandage off, President Xi will now linger on my feed, occasionally liking a post from 2016, before a very dignified, slow exit,” Trump said, describing the arrangement as far more respectful than the treatment he receives from domestic political rivals. “He gets it. Total respect.”

The deal reportedly took shape during the final moments of a state banquet, when Trump slid a handwritten, Sharpie-drafted “mutual ghosting accord” across the table, promising in return to stop comparing the Great Wall’s crowd size unfavorably to his inauguration. Chinese state media later confirmed the agreement, noting Xi found the terms “not entirely without amusement.”