{"id":145855,"date":"2025-10-26T07:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T07:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/145855\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T07:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T07:41:08","slug":"live-updates-trump-arrives-in-asia-for-summit-before-sit-down-with-chinas-xi-jinping-later-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/145855\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Trump arrives in Asia for summit before sit-down with China\u2019s Xi Jinping later this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmh7aivjb000p3b6n6horwsty@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The serious business of signing the Thailand-Cambodia peace agreement took on a lighter mood as Southeast Asian leaders used the moment to heap praise \u2013 and some gentle ribbing \u2013 on US President Donald Trump.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmh7bzxsj00143b6ni15c8193@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI was in prison, but you almost got there,\u201d Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said during his opening remarks, nodding to what he described as commonalities between himself and Trump.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmh7bzxsj00153b6nxfaockhn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Anwar served time over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/25\/asia\/anwar-ibrahim-malaysia-new-prime-minister-explainer-intl-hnk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">charges of corruption and sodomy<\/a> \u2013 charges he claims were false and politically motivated. Trump was convicted last year of felony charges linked to a hush-money payment to influence the outcome of the 2016 election, a verdict the US president disputes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmh7bzxsj00163b6n3d9mi79f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Malaysian leader also said Trump was \u201cdelighted to break the rules\u201d on security protocols earlier that day to offer Anwar a ride to the gathering in his limousine. \u201cIt was a nice ride,\u201d he added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmh7bzxsj00173b6nx0cvaayi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hun Manet, Cambodia\u2019s prime minister, reiterated his nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in resolving his country\u2019s five-day conflict with Thailand in July. Trump has long coveted the honor, which is bestowed annually, most recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/10\/10\/world\/maria-corina-machado-nobel-peace-prize-intl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">earlier this month<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmh7bzxsj00183b6nbzf0xheq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul thanked Trump for his \u201cpersonal dedication\u201d to peace between the two countries.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmh7bzxsk00193b6ntuy5fvlu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            An initial ceasefire between the two countries brokered in Malaysia was signed on July 28 after the US president held calls with leaders on both sides. He warned then that he would not make trade deals with either if the conflict continued \u2013 a threat that came as both faced elevated tariffs from the US under Trump\u2019s global trade war.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmh7bzxsk001a3b6nqb2f9s3l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump also kept the mood light at Sunday\u2019s ceremony.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmh7bzxsk001b3b6nueucwst5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He recounted speaking over the phone with the three Southeast Asian leaders over the July conflict while at his golf resort in Scotland.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmh7bzxsk001c3b6nmj44irwc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI said, this is much more important than playing a round of golf, so we sat there all day long, making phone calls,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmh7bzxsk001d3b6nn75zz5b9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cYou cost me very good entertainment\u2026 but this is much more fun for me\u2026 because you\u2019re saving people.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The serious business of signing the Thailand-Cambodia peace agreement took on a lighter mood as Southeast Asian leaders&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[79,179,18,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-145855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115439343022485097","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}