Thursday Afternoon Breaking News Updates with Ben - 5/14/2026
5/14/20261 hr 11 min
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on breaking news from the day. Mack Weldon: Go to https://MackWeldon.com and get 20% OFF your first order of $125 or more, with promo code: MEIDAS NetSuite: Download the CFO's guide to Al and Machine Learning at https://Netsuite.com/meidas Make laundry day the best day of the week! Get 20% off your entire order @LaundrySauce with code MEIDAS20 at https://laundrysauce.com/MEIDAS20 #laundrysaucepod Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show The Ken Harbaugh Show: https://meidasnews.com/tag/the-ken-harbaugh-show Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsBen Meiselas· Host0:05
This is Ben on Breaking News. I'm Ben Meiselas, and this is your breaking news. Donald Trump's disastrous trip in China continues. We've been covering all of the developments there. I usually count wins by did you get something out of a trip, out of a negotiation, out of a deal? And it seems that what Xi Jinping was getting out of this were tangible things. Xi Jinping's plan for unification of Taiwan, as he refers to it as, getting his hands on the H200 GPU chips, those semiconductor chips that the United States never previously gave China or anyone else for national security, uh, concerns. Uh, China having the ability to protect itself as a, uh, global hegemon on par with the United States. Uh, China setting bright lines about what can and can't be discussed. You shall not discuss the Taiwan issue except under our terms. Do not discuss with us or make any claims or demands about Jimmy Lai, who's the pro-democracy Hong Kong media mogul who's imprisoned for over 20 years, who was leading pro-democracy movements and rallies, uh, in Hong