President Donald Trump mentioned Friday that he and Chinese language President Xi Jinping feek “very comparable on Iran” in wanting the battle to finish and prohibiting Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon as the 2 began their second day of conferences of their high-stakes summit.
“We did talk about Iran. We really feel very comparable in Iran. We would like that to finish. We do not need them to have a nuclear weapon. We would like the [Starit of Hormuz] opened. We’re closing it now. They closed it, and we closed it on high of them, however we would like the straits open, and we would like them to get it ended, as a result of it is a loopy factor,” Trump mentioned at a photograph alternative earlier than the 2 leaders had tea and a working lunch.
Trump mentioned they’d mentioned various points, “and I feel we’re very a lot in settlement,” Trump added.
Chinese language President Xi Jinping speaks throughout a gathering with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of their go to to the Zhongnanhai Backyard in Beijing, China, Could 15, 2026.
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He additionally mentioned the 2 leaders “made some incredible commerce offers.”
Earlier than Friday’s assembly Trump met Xi to tour the gardens at Zhongnanhai, the Chinese language Communist Celebration management compound.
Xi mentioned he picked the situation “particularly to reciprocate the hospitality prolonged to me in 2017 at Mar-a-Lago.” Xi mentioned Trump was to be taught in regards to the crops within the backyard together with the Chinese language roses. Xi mentioned he “agreed” to reward Trump seeds for these roses.
President Donald Trump is greeted by Chinese language President Xi Jinping at Zhongnanhai Backyard in Beijing, Could 15, 2026.
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The conferences come amid some stress on the difficulty of Taiwan — a difficulty about which Xi issued a stark warning to the U.S. throughout the leaders’ first sit-down — and questions in regards to the position of China in ending the battle with Iran.
Trump is searching for to bolster worldwide help amid a push to reopen the Strait of Hormuz because the U.S. battle with Iran stretches on. China is Iran’s principal oil client.
“President Xi wish to see a deal made,” Trump informed Fox Information in an interview throughout the China go to. “He wish to see a deal made. And he did supply, he mentioned, if I might be of any assist in any respect I wish to be of assist.”
Trump and Xi are set to take a seat down for the second bilateral assembly after a “friendship picture” Friday morning in Beijing. Trump and Xi additionally attended a state banquet earlier throughout the go to.
President Donald Trump drinks after a toast throughout a state dinner with China’s President Xi Jinping on the Nice Corridor of the Folks, Could 14, 2026, in Beijing.
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On the primary day of the summit, the U.S. president was greeted with pomp and pageantry upon his arrival in Beijing and once more earlier than his bilateral assembly with Xi on the Nice Corridor of the Folks that lasted for greater than two hours.
China’s President Xi Jinping shakes palms with President Donald Trump as they attend a state banquet on the Nice Corridor of the Folks in Beijing, Could 14, 2026.
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Relating to the difficulty of Taiwan, Xi mentioned that if the difficulty of Taiwan is dealt with “improperly,” the 2 nations may “come into battle,” in response to China’s official state broadcaster Xinhua. Nevertheless, Xi did say that if the difficulty is dealt with “correctly,” “bilateral relations can stay usually secure.”
Tech and commerce have additionally been key themes throughout the talks.
Trump mentioned earlier than the journey that he deliberate to ask Xi to “open up” the Chinese language economic system. CEOs Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX, Tim Cook dinner of Apple and Jensen Huang of NVIDIA, amongst others, traveled with the president to Beijing.
Trump mentioned the enterprise leaders joined him to “pay respects” to Xi.
“We requested the highest 30 on this planet. Each single one among them mentioned ‘sure,’ and I did not need the second or the third within the firm. I needed solely the highest. They usually’re right here at this time to pay respects to you and to China, they usually look ahead to commerce and doing enterprise, and it is going to be completely reciprocal on our behalf,” Trump mentioned.
Elon Musk gestures as he leaves after attending a welcome ceremony for U.S. President Donald Trump with Chinese language President Xi Jinping on the Nice Corridor of the Folks in Beijing, China, Could 14, 2026.
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The White Home mentioned one among Trump’s objectives going into the summit with Xi is to safe buying agreements with China within the aerospace, agriculture and power sectors and the CEOs traveled with the president to assist push for that.
President Donald Trump and Chinese language President Xi Jinping attend a bilateral assembly on the Nice Corridor of the Folks, Could 14, 2026 in Beijing, China.
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President Donald Trump participates in an expanded bilateral assembly with Chinese language President Xi Jinping (not pictured) on the Nice Corridor of the Folks in Beijing, China, Could 14, 2026.
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Earlier than their assembly on the Nice Corridor of the Folks on Thursday, Trump known as Xi a “nice chief” and touted their relationship.
“Such respect for China, the job you’ve got accomplished. You are a fantastic chief. I say it to everyone. You are a fantastic chief,” Trump mentioned. “Generally individuals do not like me saying it, however I say it anyway, as a result of it is true. I all the time say the reality.”
“We have had a incredible relationship. We have gotten alongside,” Trump mentioned. “When there have been difficulties, we labored it out. I’d name you, and you’ll name me, and each time we had an issue — individuals do not know — each time we had an issue, we labored it out in a short time, and we’ll have a incredible future collectively.”
Xi informed Trump that China and the U.S. “each stand to achieve from cooperation and lose from confrontation.”
“We ought to be companions, not rivals,” he continued.” We must always assist one another succeed and prosper collectively and discover the appropriate manner for main nations to get alongside effectively with one another within the new period.”
ABC Information’ Fritz Farrow, Mariam Khan, Michelle Stoddart and Kevin Shalvey contributed to this report.
