Trump Seeks to Delay Meeting With China’s Xi by One Month Due to Iran War

‘We’ve requested that we delay it a month or so,’ Trump told reporters at the Oval Office on Monday. 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Women’s History Month event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 12, 2026. Jim Watson/AFP

President Donald Trump on March 16 said he has requested to delay his planned meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing by about a month.

“We’ve requested that we delay it a month or so,” Trump told reporters at the Oval Office on Monday. “I’m looking forward to being with him.”