Evening Wire: Trump & Xi Agree On Iran & California Buys iPads For Prisoners | 5.14.26
5/14/202614 min
President Trump and Xi Jinping agree on opening the Hormuz Strait, another foreign agent has been caught in the U.S., this time running a “secret police station” in New York, and a new AI detects pancreatic cancer far earlier than top radiologists. Get the facts first with Evening Wire.
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First 90 secondsJohn Bickley· Host0:00
[upbeat music] President Trump and Xi Jinping agree on opening the Hormuz Strait. Another foreign agent has been caught in the US, this time running a secret police station in New York. And new AI detects pancreatic cancer far earlier than top radiologists. I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Thursday, May 14th. This is Evening Wire.
Georgia Howe· Host0:23
President Trump has come away with some big wins after the first full day of his China summit with Xi Jinping. Daily Wire foreign affairs reporter Cassie Akiva has more.
Heidi Hull0:33
The most noteworthy win for Trump is that according to the White House readout of the meeting, President Xi agreed that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon. The Chinese also agreed that the Strait of Hormuz should be reopened without any restrictions or tolls from Iran. President Trump could also be close to a big victory in trade as well, after the Chinese expressed interest in buying more oil from the United States to cut reliance on the Middle East. According to a Chinese readout of the meeting, Xi's chief concern is Taiwan. On that, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US policy has not changed.
Marco Rubio· Soundbite1:06
From our perspective, any forced change in the status quo and the situation that's there now would be bad for both countries. One of the things the Chinese emphasize, which we agree, is strategic stability in our relationship, a constructive relationship, but also one that establishes strategic s- stability so that we don't have misunderstandings that could lead to broader conflict. And so we always reiterate the point. We hear them when they say this. We always respond by