President Donald Trump speaks with the media aboard Air Force One during a flight from Dover, Del., to Miami, Fla., on March 7, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump said on March 15 that he may delay a planned meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and expected Beijing to assist in keeping the Strait of Hormuz open.
“It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the Strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there,” the president said in an interview with the Financial Times.
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