Trump Leaves China With No Resolution | Balance of Power 05/15/2026

>> THIS IS "BALANCE OF POWER," LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. KAILEY: TONIGHT, NONCOMMITTAL. THE TRUMP-XI SUMMIT ENDS WITH A WARNING FROM BEIJING ON TAIWAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE MADE NO COMMITMENT ON THE ISLAND'S

FUTURE. QUESTIONS REMAIN ON WHAT COMES NEXT FOR U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS. WE WILL DISCUSS WITH CHRIS COONS LATER THIS HOUR. JOE:JOE: GLOBAL BONDS SELLOFF IN THE S&P 500 TUMBLES THE MOST SINCE MARCH AS FEARS GROW THE WAR WITH IRAN

COULD DRAG ON. PRESIDENT TRUMP FACING FRESH SCRUTINY OVER MORE THAN 3000 SEVEN HUNDRED FIRST QUARTER STOCK TRADES INVOLVING BIG COMPANIES WITH BUSINESS BEFORE HIS ADMINISTRATION. KAILEY: PLUS, WASHINGTON INSTITUTION, MARGETTS TAVERN, HAS LONG BEEN A

BACKDROP FOR POWER PLAYERS BUT AFTER A NOD FROM "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE," THEY ARE GETTING A FRESH SPOTLIGHT. JOE MATHIEU TAKES YOU INSIDE. JOE: TO OUR TV AND RADIO AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE, WELCOME TO "BALANCE OF POWER." ALONGSIDE KAILEY LEINZ, I'M JOE MATHIEU.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON FOLLOWING A DAYS LONG SUMMIT IN BEIJING, MEETING WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING, BRINGING WITH HIM SOME OF THE TOP TECH AND BUSINESS CEOS. LISTEN.

>> HE HAS NOT GONE TO SEE -- [INDISCERNIBLE] LOOK, WE'VE HAD IT FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AT A CERTAIN TIME, IT LEFT, AND WE ARE GOING TO GET IT BACK. THE KOREAN WAR, A LOT OF THIS HAPPENED.

WITH TAIWAN, HE FEELS VERY STRONGLY. I MADE NO COMMITMENT. JOE: MADE NO COMMITMENTS I TAIWAN, THE PRESIDENT ADDING HE WILL -- I ME KNOW COMMITMENT ON TAIWAN. TYLER KENDALL JOINS US WITH MUCH MORE.

GREAT TO SEE YOU AS THE PRESIDENT MAKES HIS WAY HOME. IT SEEMS THAT TAIWAN RISES TO THE TOP OF THE AGENDA AS OPPOSED TO THE TRADE DEALS THAT MANY EXPECTED. TYLER: IT DEFINITELY DID.

IN FACT, CHINESE STATE MEDIA, AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD LEFT HERE IN BEIJING, CAME OUT AND SAID TAIWAN IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS. DURING THIS VISIT, U.S. OFFICIALS MADE CLEAR THAT THEIR POLICY REGARDING TAIWAN, INCLUDING THAT

DELIBERATE AMBIGUITY ABOUT TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE, HASN'T CHANGED. AS HE MENTIONS, PRESIDENT TRUMP REMAINS NONCOMMITTAL ABOUT THE FUTURE OF A $14 BILLION WEAPON SALES PACKAGE THAT HAS BEEN QUEUED UP FOR HIS APPROVAL. IN FACT, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE DISCUSSED "IN GREAT DETAIL"

WITH PRESIDENT XI JINPING ABOUT ARM TRANSFERS TO TAIWAN, BREAKING WHAT HAS BEEN DECADES LONG OF DIPLOMATIC PRESIDENT AND NOT CONSULT WITH BEIJING ON SUCH ISSUES. FOR CONTEXT, THE U.S. APPROVED THE SINGLE LARGEST WEAPONS DEAL TO TAIWAN BACK IN

DECEMBER AMID NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN THE LATEST ROUND OF SALES WILL BE RELEASED. WE DID GET SOME RESPONSE FROM TAIWAN EARLIER TODAY, REPORT FROM THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY, URGING PRESIDENT TRUMP TO MOVE AHEAD WITH WHAT HAS BEEN PRESIDENT AND TO GRANT THIS

MANDATORY APPROVAL FOR THESE ADDITIONAL SALES. REALLY, TAIWAN FELT THAT ONE BIG POINT OF CONTENTION AMID A SUMMIT THAT WAS RELATIVELY CORDIAL. THE BIG WORD WE KEPT HEARING AROUND HERE ON THE GROUND IN BEIJING WAS THIS IDEA OF STRATEGIC STABILITY FROM

BOTH SIDES. IT WAS THAT STABILITY, THOUGH, THAT WE SAW, BUT WE REALLY DID NOT GET THAT MUCH PROGRESS IN TERMS OF TANGIBLE DELIVERABLES. YES, WE GOT THAT BOOMING DEAL, BUT IT FELL SHORT

OF MARKET EXPECTATIONS. WE ARE WAITING ON FURTHER DETAILS ON WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. WE DID NOT GET FIRMER DETAILS AROUND OTHER ITEMS WE EXPECTED, SUCH AS AGRICULTURAL PURCHASE COMMITMENTS, WHETHER OR NOT BEIJING

IS GOING TO PURCHASE MORE U.S. ENERGY PRODUCTS. BOTH SIDES DID SAY THOSE ISSUES WERE DISCUSSED. WHAT ABOUT NVIDIA IS H 200 CHIPS. THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION THERE COULD BE A BREAKTHROUGH FOR