U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on March 16 that if President Donald Trump wants to stay in Washington to coordinate the war in Iran, he may postpone his scheduled meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing at the end of this month.
“There’s a false narrative out there that if the meetings are delayed, it wouldn’t be delayed because the president demanded that China police the Strait of Hormuz,” Bessent told CNBC.
“That’s completely false. If the meeting, for some reason, is rescheduled, it would be rescheduled because of logistics.”
If there are any changes in Trump’s China visit, Bessent said it would be because the president “wants to remain in D.C. to coordinate the war effort, and that traveling abroad at a time like this may not be optimal.”…
Bessent Says Iran War May Delay Trump’s China Visit
