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Anderson Cooper 360

After China Trip, Trump Faces More Iran Questions

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

President Trump has returned after a two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. In a Fox interview, Trump said Taiwan was the “most important” issue for Xi during their talks. As for Iran, China's foreign minister today simply restated his country's desire to see the conflict ended through negotiations, and the Strait of Hormuz reopened. Plus, a new report on a plan the administration is considering to turn $1.7 billion of your money into a fund for paying the president's allies, including hundreds of people, whom the president pardoned, charged or were convicted in connection with the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

So what did President Trump get from the Beijing summit?

0:05.0

What did he give up?

0:07.0

And what will he do next about Iran now that his trip to Asia is over?

0:11.0

Good evening. Pamela Brown here sitting in for Anderson.

0:14.0

The president returned to the White House shortly before airtime tonight.

0:17.0

He did not take questions, but he did say this about his two-day visit with

0:22.2

Xi Jinping. All I can say is that was a great success. It was fantastic. We made great deals.

0:32.5

We did great trade deals. We have great relationships. And a lot of things have happened and you'll be hearing about him.

0:38.3

But that was a tremendous success.

0:40.3

I think it really was a historic moment.

0:44.3

So the president had a big ask for China's president going into the summit, pressure on Iran to come to terms on ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

0:53.3

What he seems to have gotten as far as Beijing has indicated so far is nothing much on that front.

1:00.0

China's foreign minister today simply restated his country's desire to see the conflict ended through negotiations and the street reopened.

1:07.0

And unlike yesterday, when the president said Xi Jinping offered, quote,

1:10.0

any help at all with Iran, he struck a different tone aboard Air Force One today.

1:16.4

Did President Xi make any firm commitment to put pressure on the Iranians to reopen the straight of foreign movements?

1:26.0

I'm not asking for any favors, because when you ask for favors, you have to do favors in return.

1:31.3

We don't need favors. We've wiped out their armed forces essentially.

1:35.3

We may have to do a little cleanup work because we had a little month's long, uh, ceasefire, I guess you'd call it, but we have a blockade that's so effective.

1:46.8

That's why we did the ceasefire. We really did the ceasefire at the request of other nations.

1:52.5

So whatever the president is signaling about resuming combat operations, which he called

1:56.6

to be continued last night, what you just heard him say there does not suggest he got anything

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