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Anderson Cooper 360

Trump: Xi Offered to "Help" with Iran

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

We are awaiting a second day of critical talks in Beijing between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. President Trump, speaking to Fox's Sean Hannity, said President Xi would like to see a deal made with Iran. Tump also said Xi told him "if he can be of any help at all" he would. China's foreign ministry did say that the Middle East was among the topics the two leaders discussed and that Beijing's policy on the Strait of Hormuz has been quote, "consistent and clear." However, there was no indication that Xi had made any commitments of the kind the president described. Also, tech titans, including Elon Musk, are traveling with the president. We look at the role they are playing and what they might hope to gain by their presence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Good evening from the newsroom. Topping our CNN global coverage tonight is President Trump engaging

0:36.8

in wishful thinking

0:38.1

out loud about the possibility of China helping him end the war with Iran.

0:42.6

It is a real question going to day two of the summit in Beijing because what the president

0:46.9

has been saying on the subject and what Xi Jinping at least publicly has not.

0:51.7

Listen to what the president said Xi told him during their talk so far.

0:56.7

President Xi would like to see a deal man. He would like to see a deal man.

1:02.1

And he did offer, he said, if I can be of any help at all, I would like to be of help.

1:07.4

He did say that. Yeah, he did say say that and look you anybody that buys that much

1:11.7

oil is obviously got some kind of a relationship with him but he said i would love to be a help

1:16.6

if i could be of any help whatsoever he'd like to see the hormone straight open said if i could be

1:23.2

of any help whatsoever i would like to help....or move.

1:27.5

The president talking to Fox says, Sean Hannity, no word from either President Xi or his

1:31.6

government confirming that.

1:33.8

China's foreign ministry did say that the Middle East was among the topics the two leaders

1:37.2

discussed.

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