{"id":2631382,"date":"2026-07-17T20:08:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T00:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-trumps-primetime-speech-affect-summit-with-xi-jinping\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T20:13:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T00:13:42","slug":"will-trumps-primetime-speech-affect-summit-with-xi-jinping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-trumps-primetime-speech-affect-summit-with-xi-jinping\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Trump&#8217;s primetime speech affect summit with Xi Jinping?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwill-trumps-primetime-speech-affect-summit-with-xi-jinping%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2631382&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump\u2019s recent comments accusing China of interference in the 2020 U.S. election have reignited tensions with China and could impact upcoming discussions between Trump and Chinese President Xi jinping, scheduled for fall. While the White House maintains the meeting is still planned, Beijing responded by dismissing Trump\u2019s claims as fabricated and aimed at vilifying China. Trump previously suggested he expects to meet Xi around September 24 during the UN General Assembly in New York, with experts believing this alleged misconduct by China is not new and unlikely to derail the scheduled summit. Analysts view Trump\u2019s accusations as more of a political distraction rooted in past electoral grievances, and believe China&#8217;s leadership will remain cautious and pragmatic despite the rhetoric. Some suggest trump may address election interference during his meeting with Xi, referencing past Chinese cyber-espionage activities. most experts do not see these claims considerably affecting the overall U.S.-China relationship or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-set-to-speak-with-putin-on-december-30\/\" title=\"Biden Set To Speak With Putin On December 30\">upcoming diplomatic engagements<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s comments alleging Chinese interference during the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2020-elections\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"228\">2020 election<\/a> reignited tensions with China, setting up a potentially fraught meeting with Chinese President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/xi-jinping\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"233\">Xi Jinping<\/a> in the fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House reportedly said the meeting between the two leaders is still on track, but Beijing hit back on Friday after the Thursday night primetime address, where Trump claimed \u201cthe People\u2019s Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4653989\/trump-2020-xi-jinping-summit\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>How Trump\u2019s election integrity speech could affect the Xi Jinping summit<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4653758\/china-threat-dhs-cuts-foreign-journalists-visa-duration\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>China threatens \u2018countermeasures\u2019 after DHS cuts foreign journalists\u2019 visa duration<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4651470\/brad-parscale-rejects-jd-vance-claim-israel-undermine-iran-peace-talks\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Brad Parscale pushes back on Vance\u2019s claim of Israeli influence campaign undermining Iran peace talks<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe relevant allegations by the U.S. are entirely fabricated and aimed at vilifying China,\u201d Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said during a press conference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump previously said he expects to host Xi around Sept. 24, which coincides with the U.N. General Assembly in New York. The two leaders last met in May when Trump traveled to China as tensions from the Iran war and Taiwan\u2019s status hovered over the summit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Xi has not explicitly confirmed the visit, experts told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that they don\u2019t believe Trump\u2019s speech will deter Xi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think there are still a few things in the air, but the one thing that has been consistent from the White House and hasn\u2019t been contradicted by the Chinese so far is that they plan to meet for a third conversation,\u201d said Steve Yates, a senior research fellow for China and national security policy at the Heritage Foundation. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyle Goldstein, the director of Defense Priorities\u2019s Asia Program, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Trump\u2019s allegations would end up being more of \u201ca passing shower than a major thunderstorm in U.S.-China relations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4652706\/trump-deep-state-china-2020-election\/\">TRUMP ALLEGES \u2018DEEP STATE\u2019 SUPPRESSED CHINESE INTERFERENCE IN 2020 ELECTION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI do not expect it to scuttle the September meeting that is still planned. After decades of watching the impact of U.S. electoral politics on U.S.-China relations, the Chinese have grown quite sophisticated in their analysis of American politics, and they are likely to realize that the speech reflected domestic political imperatives from an unpopular president confronting some very serious crises,\u201d he said Friday. \u201cI think Beijing is quite pleased with the outcomes of the recent Trump-Xi summit and so will be extra reticent to rock the boat or engage in rhetorical theatrics that could worsen the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goldstein called Trump\u2019s claims a \u201cpuzzling anomaly,\u201d given that, in his estimation, \u201cthese allegations are not new, remain quite unsubstantiated, and likely reflect Trump\u2019s fixation on a previous electoral loss, as well as his lingering bitterness over \u2018Russiagate\u2019 accusations that his 2016 election benefited from foreign interference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/microsoft-president-solarwinds-hack-biggest-ever\/\" title=\"Microsoft President: SolarWinds hack biggest ever\">senior national security official<\/a> from Trump\u2019s first term similarly doubted that Trump\u2019s comments \u201cwill have a big impact on Xi\u2019s visit\u201d or the \u201crelationship with China overall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese election interference reports have been out there for a long time and are simply part of the background tensions between the two countries. Whether it\u2019s the spy balloon, the land purchases near U.S. military bases, or the Confucius centers at major universities, Trump is clear-eyed about China\u2019s actions to challenge U.S. power,\u201d that person explained. \u201cHe knows how to build a relationship while at the same time calling out their conduct publicly when he feels it\u2019s warranted.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But at least one expert said they expect Trump to at least address the 2020 election interference claims with Xi when they meet. According to Piero Tozzi, senior director for China policy at the America First Policy Institute, the alleged breach by China was not the first. \u201cIn 2014,\u00a0Chinese\u00a0intelligence\u00a0infiltrated our government\u2019s systems and those of a\u00a0government contractor,\u00a0stealing a\u00a0detailed road map\u00a0of Americans with security clearances, their foreign contacts, and most tellingly their personal vulnerabilities,\u201d Tozzi said.\u00a0\u201cPresident Trump\u00a0made clear\u00a0last night he\u00a0will address\u00a0this issue with General Secretary Xi when they meet in September.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4653176\/china-slams-trump-accusation-election-meddling\/\"><strong>CHINA SLAMS TRUMP\u2019S ACCUSATION OF ELECTION MEDDLING: \u2018ENTIRELY FABRICATED\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Besides their May meeting in China, Trump and Xi also met in Busan, South Korea, in October 2025. Yates noted that the previous two summits came after Trump had accused China of originating the COVID-19 pandemic and facilitating the access of fentanyl into the United States. He did not expect this week\u2019s kerfuffle to derail a meeting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom a Chinese point of view, it\u2019s difficult to know what their calculus is in this,\u201d Yates said. \u201cXi Jinping is a little bit different of a leader, and so a lot of the conventional analysis of China that goes back decades doesn\u2019t apply in the same ways to Xi Jinping.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s China election claims threaten Xi summit plans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3421,"featured_media":2631383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/trump-xi.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[65655,51506,3634,35581],"class_list":["post-2631382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-international-summit","tag-primetime-speech","tag-trump","tag-xi-jinping"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/trump-xi.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3421"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2631382"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2631386,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631382\/revisions\/2631386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2631383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2631382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2631382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2631382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}