Trump no longer plans to push back Xi Jinping meeting
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping (photo: Getty Images)
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that President Donald Trump no longer intends to postpone his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Secretary Bessent gave an interview to Fox News, in which he was asked whether Trump would reschedule the meeting with Xi, planned for May 14–15, if the United States were still at war with Iran by then.
"He is not going move to reschedule (it – ed.), as far as I know," the US Treasury secretary said.
He also noted that Iran "was the largest state sponsor of terrorism," while China, according to Bessent, financed Tehran through energy purchases despite requests from the United States not to do so. Therefore, he added, the issue is expected to be raised during the Trump-Xi meeting.
Trump's visit to China
Earlier, in October 2025, US President Donald Trump met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Following that meeting, Trump announced that another meeting would take place in April 2026.
According to Politico, Taiwan was expected to be one of the main topics of discussion. However, after the United States and Israel launched a military operation against Iran in late February, the timing of the visit changed. Sources told the outlet that Trump would not travel until the active phase of the war with Iran had ended.
Shortly afterward, the White House officially confirmed that the meeting had been postponed until mid-May because of the conflict with Iran.
