There is a broad and bipartisan consensus that the Chinese communist regime, above all other foreign nations, is the greatest adversary and rival of the U.S.

President-elect Donald Trump revealed on Friday that he'd just had a positive phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss several pressing issues, Fox News reported.

That revelation came three days before Trump will be formally inaugurated as the next president, meaning he has gotten a head start on dealing with the country that poses the biggest threat to the U.S., economically and militarily, before his presidency begins.

Trump reveals recent conversation with Xi

In a Friday morning Truth Social post, President-elect Trump wrote, "I just spoke to Chairman Xi Jinping of China. The call was a very good one for both China and the U.S.A."

"It is my expectation that we will solve many problems together, and starting immediately," he continued. "We discussed balancing Trade, Fentanyl, TikTok, and many other subjects."

"President Xi and I will do everything possible to make the World more peaceful and safe!" Trump added on a positive note.

China responds positively to Trump's invitation

In a break from prior inaugural traditions, President-elect Trump invited several world leaders to join him in Washington D.C. for his swearing-in ceremony on Monday, including Chinese President Xi, according to the Associated Press.

Trump's incoming press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, told Fox News last month of the unusual invitations that Trump is attempting to create the conditions for "an open dialogue with leaders of countries that are not just our allies but our adversaries and our competitors, too."

Xi reportedly declined the invitation to the inauguration, perhaps to avoid the potential optics of playing second fiddle on Trump's big day, but still showed due respect to his incoming U.S. counterpart by dispatching Vice President Han Zheng to attend the event as his special representative.

The Chinese Foreign Ministery also issued a statement that said, "We stand ready to work with the new U.S. government to enhance dialogue and communication, properly manage differences, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, jointly pursue a stable, healthy, and sustainable China-U.S. relations, and find the right way for the two countries to get along with each other."

What will U.S.-China relations look like over the next few years?

The positive tone of that statement, in conjunction with Trump's post and Xi sending his VP to the inauguration, are all encouraging signs that the U.S. and China could be on the verge of dramatically improved relations.

That said, China is still a communist regime that is difficult to trust, and that regime has and continues to work in innumerable ways to threaten and undermine U.S. sovereignty and national security, as well as that of various U.S. allies around the globe.

Furthermore, the AP noted that several of Trump's Cabinet picks are "hawks" on China, most notably Secretary of State-designate Marco Rubio, who aim to aggressively confront the rival nation on a variety of different fronts, per the AP.

Thus, though there are some promising signs right now, it is not implausible that U.S.-China relations may deteriorate further and tensions could rise before things get better over the next four years.