Wednesday Afternoon News Updates: Trump Goes to China as Xi Holds the Cards – 5/13/26
Wednesday Afternoon News Updates: Trump Goes to China as Xi Holds the Cards – 5/13/26 Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network May 13 ∙ Hi all, Ben here. It’s Wednesday. Here are the latest updates. Top stories we’re tracking today: Trump lands in Beijing to a deliberately underwhelming welcome — no Xi, no Foreign Minister, just lower-ranking officials and a group of schoolchildren waving Chinese flags Trump’s inflation numbers hit historic lows in approval — the five worst polling results on inflation for any president ever all belong to Trump, all in the last month PPI inflation surges to 6% in April, crushing every single Bloomberg forecaster’s expectation, with rate hikes (yes, hikes) now increasingly on the table Iran has quietly rebuilt nearly all of its missile sites and underground facilities while Trump was busy taking his road show to Beijing Interior Secretary Burgum stonewalls Congress on whether Americans are struggling, defends Trump’s no-bid contracts, and go...