President Trump and Xi Set For High-Stakes Face Off

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

A high-stakes meeting with global repercussions is on the horizon as President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare to meet in South Korea on Thursday. U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joins the Rundown to discuss how America can best compete with China, including reviving the nation's shipbuilding industry and applying more economic pressure on the country. Additionally, Sen. Young shares his thoughts on U.S. military operations targeting suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea. As early voting continues in New York City’s mayoral race, Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa is rejecting calls to drop out despite criticism that his campaign is helping Democrat Zohran Mamdani rise in the polls. Sliwa joins the Rundown to discuss why he won't be dropping out of the race. Plus, his priorities for voters, including law and order and housing affordability. Plus, commentary from FOX News Contributor Joe Concha. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Charles Payne.
0:01.0	I'm Martha McCallum.
0:01.9	I'm Ashley Webster, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:08.4	Wednesday, October 29th, 2025.
0:13.0	I'm Dave Anthony.
0:14.5	President Trump is now in South Korea to make more deals
0:18.1	and meet with China's leader to talk trade and Taiwan trying to deter a Chinese
0:24.1	takeover. Well, this would be the economic Armageddon. We are told by analysts within our
0:31.1	defense establishment, by economists, by business leaders, foreign leaders, and all the rest.
0:36.2	We speak with Republican Senator Todd Young.
0:39.3	I'm Jessica Rosenthal.
0:41.1	One headline this week calls him the most important man in New York City
0:44.9	because he could determine the mayor's race.
0:47.1	But Curtis Lewa says he's staying in it as early voting is now underway.
0:51.3	If people want to blame me for the rise of Zoran Mondami, I'm the
0:55.9	Republican. I'm the one who's against everything that he has advocated. The ones who have
1:01.4	embraced them are the Democrats. And I'm Joe Concha. I've got the final word on the Fox News
1:06.8	rundown.
1:11.7	President Trump is halfway around the world, in South Korea, where it's already Wednesday
1:17.1	evening on the last stop of his Asian trip.
1:20.3	Japan's going to be investing $550 billion into the United States.
1:25.2	That was the president in Tokyo.
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