DSR Daily May 14: Xi Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Trump

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we break down the friendly start to the China summit, JD Vance’s latest attempt at damage control, the South Carolina governor’s redistricting attempt, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.8	Hello and welcome to the DSR Daily.
0:56.0	I'm David Rothkopf.
0:56.9	I'm joined by Riley Fessler and Minas Stein.
0:59.7	We're here to talk about the world.
1:02.0	The president of the United States is on the other side of the world.
1:05.9	It's kind of interesting, different.
1:08.6	I could get used to it.
1:10.5	How about you guys? Yeah, I'm feeling great. Yeah,
1:13.2	there's a sense of freedom of the lightness, even though I drove by the reflecting pool downtown
1:19.6	it. It just doesn't realize what he's doing. He doesn't realize that if you painted blue,
1:25.6	it doesn't reflect anymore.
1:33.1	But, you know, it's a suitable monument to our times.
1:36.3	Tell us about his trip to China, please.
1:43.2	Well, President Xi greeted Donald Trump with a, quote, magnificent welcome like no other in Beijing.
1:46.9	Like never in 5,000 years of Chinese history.
1:48.6	Nope, never, not once.
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