Trump Heads out on High-Stakes China Trip Amid Iran War
Meet the Press Moderator Kristen Welker joins Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist to discuss President Donald Trump’s high-stakes trip to meet with China’s Xi Jinping for the first time since the Iran war began. “China is the largest buyer of Iranian oil and has been backing Iran in this.
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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated world brief. The source report from NBC News says: Meet the Press Moderator Kristen Welker joins Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist to discuss President Donald Trump’s high-stakes trip to meet with China’s Xi Jinping for the first time since the Iran war began. “China is the largest buyer of Iranian oil and has been backing Iran in this.
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- Published: May 10, 2026, 12:25 PM UTC
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