Trump says he’s requested China visit to be delayed for a month

President Trump said on Monday that he has requested for his visit to China to be delayed for a month, saying he would rather be in the U.S. amid the ongoing war in Iran.

“I don’t know. We’re working on that right now. We’re speaking to China. I’d love to, but because of the war, I want to be here,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

“We’ve requested that we delay it a month or so,” he continued. “I’m looking forward to meeting with him. We have a very good relationship.”

Trump was scheduled to visit China from March 31 to April 2. Trump told the Financial Times on Sunday that he may push back the trip as he pushes to get major Asian and European powers to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane that Iran has shut down amid the war.

Iran and China share strategic and economic ties.

“China’s an interesting case study. They get most of their oil, as you know, by far, they get a lot, about 90 percent through the strait,” the president told reporters on Air Force One Sunday. “So I’ve said, ‘Would you like to come in?’ And we’ll find out. Maybe they will, maybe they won’t. You know, there’s some other deeper reasons where they may not.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that the meeting was not in jeopardy due to Iran.

“I don’t think the meeting is in jeopardy, but it’s quite possible the meeting could be delayed,” Leavitt said on Fox News Channel’s “Fox and Friends.”

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