Trump ‘Correct’ to Delay Xi Meeting: Heather Conley

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Heather Conley, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, says President Trump was correct to delay a planned summit with China’s Xi Jinping, noting the optics would be “terrible” if the president visited China as the Iran war intensifies. She also says the administration failed to lay diplomatic groundwork with allies before the invasion, making it harder to now rally support to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. She speaks on the late edition of Bloomberg’s "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)

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Heather Conley, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, says President Trump was correct to delay a planned summit with China’s Xi Jinping, noting the optics would be “terrible” if the president visited China as the Iran war intensifies. She also says the administration failed to lay diplomatic groundwork with allies before the invasion, making it harder to now rally support to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. She speaks on the late edition of Bloomberg’s "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)