President Donald Trump has confirmed that his high-stakes visit to China to meet with President Xi Jinping has been rescheduled for May 14–15, 2024. The trip, originally slated for late March, was postponed due to the ongoing U.S.-Israel military operations against Iran. This will mark the first visit by a U.S. president to China in nearly a decade, signaling a potential shift in the “abnormal” lack of high-level face-to-face diplomacy between the two superpowers.
US President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in May during his first visit to China in eight years, a closely watched trip postponed due to the ongoing Iran war https://t.co/cf5jhAHZ0h pic.twitter.com/btckbzvSty
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that President Xi “understood and accepted” the postponement, recognizing the need for Trump to remain in Washington during active combat operations. The war, which began on February 28, has seen the targeted destruction of Iran’s leadership and a subsequent global energy crisis following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump’s administration remains optimistic that the conflict will be resolved within their projected four-to-six-week timeline, effectively clearing the schedule for the mid-May summit.
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