LIVE UPDATES: Trump and Xi sit in South Korea for high-stakes trade talks

“I am willing to continue to work with you to build a solid foundation for China-US relations and create a good environment for the development of the two countries,” Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump at a bilateral meeting in South Korea on Wednesday night (Eastern time).

Xi acknowledged that the US and China “do not always see eye to eye and it is normal for the world’s two major economies to have friction from time to time.”

But he said, “Facing the winds, waves and challenges, you and I, at the helm of China-US relations, must remain on the right track and ensure the steady sailing forward of the great ship of China-US relations.

“I always believe that China’s development goes hand in hand with your vision of making America great again.”

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have begun what is expected to be three to four hours of high-level, in-person talks in hopes of lowering the temperature of a simmering trade war that threatens to upend and upend the global economy.

The two leaders arrived just minutes away from each other at South Korea’s Gimhae Air Base, a military facility on the edge of Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city.

Speaking during a brief media availability at the top of their summit, Trump said he and Xi would have a “very successful meeting” and called Xi a “very tough negotiator.”

“We have a very good understanding. We have a very good relationship, we have always had a good relationship,” Trump said.

President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping have both landed at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, ahead of a highly anticipated meeting amid the intense trade war.

President Donald Trump has called his highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping the “G2.”

“G2 will be held soon!” he wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday night.

Trump was withdrawing from the G7, a group of seven major economic powers, which includes the US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK.

Trump and Xi are meeting face-to-face in South Korea amid an intensifying trade war.

South Korean police were on alert as anti-China protesters gathered ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced another ‘narrow’ boat attack in the eastern Pacific that left four dead.

“The Western Hemisphere is no longer a safe haven for narco-terrorists bringing drugs to our shores to poison Americans. The War Department will continue to hunt them down and eliminate them wherever they operate,” Hegseth wrote on X Wednesday night.

This is the 14th attack by the US since the attacks began in the Pacific and Caribbean region in early September. ABC News Report. The Trump administration claims they are targeting drug smuggling boats, but has not yet provided evidence to the public.

According to ABC News, more than 60 people have been killed in the attacks.

Alex Woodward has more information about previous attacks:

The United States will share close technology with South Korea to allow it to build nuclear-powered submarines, President Donald Trump said on social media after meeting with the country’s president on Thursday.

President Lee Jae-Myung stressed to Trump in their Wednesday meeting that the goal is to modernize the alliance with the US, noting plans to increase military spending to ease the financial burden on the US.

The South Korean leader said there may have been a misunderstanding when he last spoke about nuclear-powered submarines in August, saying his government was seeking nuclear fuel rather than weapons.

Lee said that if South Korea were equipped with nuclear-powered submarines, it could help US activities in the region.

US nuclear submarine technology is widely considered to be one of the most sensitive and highly protected technology the military possesses. The US has been incredibly protective of that knowledge, and even the recently announced agreement with close allies the United Kingdom and Australia to help them acquire nuclear submarine technology does not feature the US directly transferring its knowledge.

The US military has planned an operation in the South China Sea as a “show of force” against Chinese aggression in the region, according to a report. CBS News Report.

Two unnamed US officials said the operation would involve launching HIMARS rockets toward Scarborough Shoal.

It is unclear when the operation will take place, and it is likely that it will not take place at all.

A Virginia man who called for the assassination of President Donald Trump on social media in 2020 has been acquitted.

Peter A. “I’m willing to serve in a supporting capacity for someone else with the skills to take care of things,” Stinson, who served in the Coast Guard for more than 30 years, wrote in a post. Washington Post The report cited a government court filing.

Stinson’s lawyers argued that the posts were protected under the First Amendment.

“Criminal solicitations that fall outside First Amendment protection require proof of serious offers involving ‘recruitment or partnership arrangements,'” his defense team said in a court filing. Washington Post,