Announcing a newly-arranged date for the summit originally scheduled for next week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, "I'm pleased to announce that [Trump's] long-awaited meeting with [Xi] in China will now take place in Beijing on May 14th and 15th."
She added that First Lady Melania along with Trump will also host Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan "for a reciprocal visit" to Washington, D.C. later this year.
"Our Representatives are finalizing preparations for these Historic Visits," Trump wrote on his own social media platform Truth Social. "I look very much forward to spending time with President Xi in what will be, I am sure, a Monumental Event."
When asked about whether the Middle East conflict that began with U.S.-led airstrikes on Iran late last month could wind down in time for Trump's trip to China, Leavitt said, "We've always estimated approximately four to six weeks. So you could do the math on that."
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