Trump says he's not worried about Xi calling off summit

Skylar Woodhouse, Bloomberg News on Sep 13, 2026

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President Donald Trump said he is not worried that Chinese President Xi Jinping will cancel a highly anticipated visit later this month.

“No, I’m not worried about that,” Trump told reporters as he attended the Irish Open in Doonbeg on Sunday. “We have a great relationship. He wants to get along, and we want it. We’re going to get along.”

Trump’s comments follow a recent report that China had warned the U.S. that it would scrap Xi’s upcoming visit if the U.S. approved new arms sales to Taiwan, a major point of contention for Beijing.

Trump has said he is weighing a $14 billion arms deal with Taiwan, the self-governing democratic island, that China sees as part of its country. Xi has warned the U.S. president in the past that there is a potential for conflict if the issue of Taiwan is mismanaged.

Trump has previously said he talked to Xi “a lot” about Taiwan during their summit in May, and said in an interview at the time with Fox News that he wanted Beijing to “cool down” about the issue.

The leaders of the world’s two largest economies are slated to meet face-to-face later this month in Washington, as they seek to manage tensions over Taiwan as well as trade, artificial intelligence and the Middle East. While the May summit was marked by displays of warmth between the two leaders, there have been fresh strains between the countries, in particular over the Iran war.

China is the main buyer of Iranian oil and Beijing has resisted Trump’s calls to cut off economic ties with Tehran. The U.S. president has sought to ramp up economic pressure on the Islamic Republic in a bid to force it to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the critical energy waterway largely shuttered since the war’s launch, and to strike a deal to end the conflict.

Xi, for his part, has appeared in no rush to help Trump end a war the U.S. launched alongside Israel and which is now in its seventh month. Taking stronger action against Chinese firms that support Iran’s economy would also risk bigger blowback for the U.S.

Both nations appear eager to keep relations on track following a tit-for-tat tariff war last year that unnerved financial markets and raised worries about a global economic downturn. A subsequent trade truce has largely held despite persistent tensions over export controls for rare earth minerals and cutting-edge technologies. That truce, though, is set to expire Nov. 10.