"We're speaking to China. I would love to, but because of the war, I want to be here. We have requested that we delay it a month or so, and I'm looking forward to meeting with him. We've got a war going on. I think it's important that I be here."
"We will see whether the visit takes place as scheduled. But what I do want to parse, and there's a false narrative out there that if the meetings are delayed, it wouldn't be delayed because the president's demanded that China police the straits of Hormuz."
Donald Trump announced a potential one-month delay to his scheduled trip to China to meet with Xi Jinping, citing the need to remain present during an ongoing war. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed uncertainty about the trip's timing but explicitly denied that any delay would be intended to pressure China into policing the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Qatar intercepted a missile attack with resulting debris causing a minor fire but no injuries. The attack occurred amid broader Iranian retaliation against Gulf states following US-Israeli operations. Iraq also experienced drone attacks shortly after the Tehran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah group announced the death of its senior security commander Abu Ali al-Askari.
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