Trump says U.S. asked China to delay Xi meeting 'a month or so' due to Iran war
CNBC
The Iran war wasn't expected to derail the Trump-Xi meeting in China, but analysts said it would influence the talks and any agreements that come out of them.
President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. has asked to delay his planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing by "a month or so" due to the ongoing war with Iran.
Trump was expected to travel to China at the end of March for the meeting with Xi.
But when asked in the Oval Office on Monday afternoon if that trip was still on, Trump said, "I don't know, we're working on that right now."
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has said he is being investigated ostensibly for comments he made about the pricey renovations of the Fed's headquarters.
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Iran's threat to the Strait of Hormuz can't be fixed by releasing oil from strategic petroleum reserves.
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Russian leaders told President Trump they aren't sharing intelligence with Iran as it fights the U.S. and Israel, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said this week.
It comes at a time when the Caribbean island is grappling with a worsening economic crisis.
Analysts say any attempt to attack or seize Iran’s strategic oil hub is likely to be fraught with risk.
The Strait of Hormuz, the world's most critical chokepoint for oil shipments, has been effectively closed since the U.S. and Israel began the war on Iran.
His comments to CNBC come as the U.S. and Israeli-led war appears poised to enter its third week.
The U.S. Central Command said that the loss was "not due to hostile or enemy fire."
The State Department said this week that 36,000 Americans had returned to the U.S. after the start of the war with Iran.