Trump, Trade and Tensions
The Sean Hannity Show
Sean Hannity
4.0 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Mark Simone fills in for Sean Hannity with extensive coverage of President Trump’s high-profile China trip and exclusive interview from Beijing. The hour breaks down Trump’s meeting with President Xi, discussions surrounding trade, tariffs, energy, Iran, and America’s economic leverage on the world stage. Trump describes China’s leadership, outlines possible energy agreements, and explains why he believes the United States remains the world’s dominant military and economic power. The conversation also explores the media’s treatment of the administration, America’s manufacturing future, and the role major U.S. business leaders played during the trip.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. Hey, welcome to the Sean Hannity show. It's Mark Simone from our big flagship, W-O-R, here in New York. Sean will be back on Monday, but we got a big full show for you today. We've got a lot of great guests coming up. We've got all of our favorite guests. We're going to take your calls. We're going to talk about lots of stuff. We're also this hour going to hear the big interview |
| 0:26.0 | Sean Hannity on the China trip with President Trump, flew over there with him, is on his |
| 0:32.5 | way back right now. I hate to break it to it. It's like a 16-hour flight, 17-hour flight. |
| 0:38.4 | It's brutal. |
| 0:39.4 | But it's not like a regular flight where you're sitting next to some insurance man from Kansas City. |
| 0:44.2 | You're on a flight with Tim Cook. |
| 0:45.6 | You're on a flight with the 20 biggest global financial geniuses in the world. |
| 0:51.9 | And it's great. |
| 0:53.0 | But on this trip, the big, big moment, Sean Hannity's interview, |
| 0:57.5 | exclusive interview with the president of the United States. Let's take a listen to it right now. |
| 1:03.7 | President, thank you so much for sitting now. Your first interview, we appreciate it. |
| 1:08.0 | Wow. They rolled out the red carpet. I have video of when Barack Hussein Obama came to China. |
| 1:16.6 | There wasn't as much pageantry. |
| 1:19.6 | From your perspective, that welcome. |
| 1:22.6 | What did that, how did you interpret that? |
| 1:24.6 | Well, we have a relationship, he and I, and we've been working together a long time. |
| 1:28.5 | We've gotten along well. |
| 1:30.4 | When I first came here, China was really taking advantage of the United States. |
| 1:34.1 | He understands that. |
| 1:36.1 | And now we do great with China, and we have a very good relationship. |
| 1:40.7 | We have a friendship, really. |
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