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Trump news at a glance: president’s China trip was heavy on hype, light on details

May 15, 2026Center Left

Trump notably failed to push back on Xi Jinping’s rhetoric over the future of Taiwan – key US politics stories from Friday, 15 May at a glanceDonald Trump returned to Washington DC on Friday after a much-hyped summit in China that was rich in pageantry and promises of stability, but offered little by way of tangible progress.The US president had gone into…

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