By Admin 
Amidst the ongoing tension with Iran, US President Donald Trump will be on a visit to China from today (May 13) to May 15. The latest situation with Iran can also be discussed during this visit of the US President. Meanwhile, the US President has expressed hope that the meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping will be good. Trump is in Beijing for the first time since 2017.
Trump will leave Washington on Tuesday, local time. President Trump’s delegation will include Apple CEO Tim Cook and Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk as well as senior executives from BlackRock, Blackstone, Boeing, Cargill, Citi, Cisco, Coherent, General Electric (GE) Aerospace, Goldman Sachs, Illumina, MasterCard, Meta, Micron, Qualcomm and Visa.
Why did Trump say?
President Trump wrote on Truth Social, ‘I am very much looking forward to my visit to China, it is a wonderful country, where the leader is President Xi, whom everyone respects. Great things will happen for both countries!’ Along with the US President, many big business personalities of America are also going to arrive on this tour. A White House official said on Monday that President Trump will be accompanied by 17 big corporate executives of big American companies.
Executives included in the White House list include BlackRock’s Larry Fink, Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, Boeing’s Kelly Ortberg, Cargill’s Brian Sykes, Citi’s Jane Fraser, Cisco’s Chuck Robbins, Coherent’s Jim Anderson, GE Aerospace’s H. Lawrence Culp, Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon, Illumina’s Jacob Thyssen, MasterCard’s Michael Mibach, Meta’s Dina Powell McCormick, Micron’s Sanjay Mehrotra, Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon and VG’s Ryan McInerney.
Taiwan card, Iran war, blockade on Hormuz and trade deal… Why is US President Trump’s visit to China very important?
Trump praised Jinping
Earlier on Monday, during a conversation with the media, Trump praised the Chinese President. The US President said that he expects Taiwan and energy security to be the biggest issues during his visit to China. Trump said that his government is now doing a ‘very good job’ with China. He accused the previous American governments of allowing China to take advantage of America.
He said that we are doing a lot of business, but it is a sensible business. Under the previous President we were taken advantage of for many years, now we are working well with China. During the conversation, Trump praised Xi Jinping several times. He said that I have good relations with President Xi. I respect him a lot and hope he respects me too. US President Trump said that President Xi did not respect our previous government and also criticized former President Joe Biden. Trump said that he (Biden) could not even talk properly.
President Donald Trump is visiting China for three days, CEOs of 17 big American companies included in the delegation