David E. Sanger

After months of avoiding confrontation, the Trump administration has taken recent steps to call out China on Iran, artificial intelligence and spying.

In contrast to his rhetoric about China at home, President Trump spoke in conciliatory terms with Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader.

Hours before meeting again with China’s leader, President Trump pushed back on what he described as a suggestion from Xi Jinping that the United States was a “declining nation.”

There is no shortage of targets should President Trump, in coordination with Israel, decide to resume the assault on Iran.

It is too early to tell what exactly Trump and Iran have agreed to, or if they have agreed to much at all.

President Trump said the United States and Iran had “largely negotiated” an agreement, even as American and Iranian officials described the terms differently.

The deal on the table with Iran isn’t a nuclear deal, and it won’t limit Tehran’s missiles. It is about the best both sides can manage for the time being.

President Trump is hailing an agreement with Iran as groundbreaking, but the nuclear stockpile, enrichment and missiles have not been discussed.

An emerging “memorandum of understanding,” which could lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, still needs approval from President Trump, and Iran has not confirmed any commitments.

The president said on social media that Iran must agree to concessions he has demanded, and that he was poised to lift the naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has not confirmed any commitments.