Trump Heads to China, Downplays Iran Significance in Talks 5-13-26

of military action renewing hangs in the air. And in fact, what we've actually learned in the last few days is that military action has been taken against Iran, just not necessarily by the United States. Fox News is able to confirm the United Arab Emirates carried out secret military missions against Iran and Saudi Arabia also reportedly having done the same. Yeah, let's go in depth on that a little bit in terms of, you know, what it means, as both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been on the receiving end of Iranian aggression. What exactly has Saudi Arabia and the UAE been doing? So this is all something which is not particularly easy to confirm. But it does appear as though Saudi Arabia has used its Air Force fighter jets on warplanes to launch attacks against Iranian oil and energy facilities. Saudi Arabia has not publicly acknowledged the reports that it has... carried out these unpublicized strikes in Iran, but Iranian officials believed that the Saudis did do this. We were not able to say what the specific targets were, but it's thought that these strikes were considered tit-for-tat retaliation for when Saudi Arabia itself was hit. So when it comes to the potential for this to flare up again and become more of a regional conflict, is that the sense here? Or is it more both sides want to get to a deal? But we're in this kind of a pattern right now where there's these outlandish negotiating tactics being used by Iran, despite the significant success we've had from a military perspective. The United States is not willing to budge. Is this seen as being all tactics or with... UAE and Saudi Arabia becoming engaged now. Is there a potential for a flare-up to the point where we get back to where we were several weeks ago, or perhaps even an enhanced state? I think that the potential for flare-up remains limited, and that's partially by the fact that both the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have kept their military involvement under wraps. best they can. The fact that they haven't publicly confirmed it, they did not publicize it, they did not give any kind of indication that they were going to be doing such a thing. So I think that the idea is that these things could happen almost like a slap on the wrist of the Iranians while maintaining the United States and Israel as the spearhead of the military campaign.

against Iran. I think the Saudis and the UAE see their role more as defensive in nature. Jonathan Savage, Fox News Radio's foreign correspondent, joins us from London this morning. Let's check in there where UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he won't resign, but dozens of lawmakers are calling for him to step down. What's the latest? An extraordinary situation, Chris, today in London. As I speak, Charles III is just about to deliver a speech in the House of... of one of the grand events of British politics, the state opening of Parliament. He'll sit in his throne, crown on his head, wrapped in his roads, and outline his government's agenda for the next year. The problem is this is a government in chaos. The Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, his authority has been ebbing away with 30 of his own party, sorry, 80 of his own party's lawmakers, either publicly calling for him to resign immediately or to announce a... Archer timetable. Several ministers have quit the government. One cabinet minister, the health secretary, who has been tipped as someone trying to take Keir Starmer's jobs, could resign as soon as tomorrow. So this could be a very difficult day for the prime minister. When it comes to Charles III, you know, authority and, you know, his position, it's largely viewed across the globe as being ceremonial. But does he have any actual sway? Will he put his thumb on the scale when it comes to these types of matters? I really don't think he will. I think that his main influence in all this is that while yesterday we saw multiple resignations, while yesterday we saw briefings and plottings and speculation that a lot was going to happen. Today, probably out of respect for the king, we probably won't see resignations. We probably won't see people calling for Kirstarmour because they don't necessarily want to undermine the monarch's role in this really key constitutional event. And as I speak now, he's walking into the House of Lords, hand in hand with Queen Camilla, surrounded by guests and dignitaries and members of Parliament. So I think that what they're going to try and do is allow events of today to unfold. Keir Starmer later will speak in Parliament to trump his government's agenda. But the way the British Parliament works, he will then likely be publicly humiliated, ridiculed to his face by opponents. because of the situation that he's in. Final thing, a receiving line comment from Sir Rod Stewart to Charles III, referring to President Trump as a little rat in commending Charles III for his conduct in the United States drew some significant attention here yesterday. How was that received on your side of the pond? Well, I will start by saying that for all his accolades, Rod Stewart holds no constitutional official role in the United Kingdom. I mean, look, I think it's, it was laughed off by Charles III. And, you know, Charles III is one of his jobs. It's very diplomatic when other people are not. So I don't think it's caused too many problems. I think it's just been amusing for people. As always, appreciate your time before we're talking again soon.

Thanks, Chris. Jonathan Savage, Fox News Radio, as foreign correspondent, joining us on the HRCU, your neighbored credit union guest on. I am Chris Ryan. This is New Hampshire today. He's still in the air. I'm Dave Anthony, Fox News. President Trump on his way to China for talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. He's been a friend of mine. He's been somebody that we get along with. And I think you're going to see that good things are going to happen. And they meet in the middle of an Iran conflict that has halted Iran's oil shipping with a U.S. blockade, and China is Iran's biggest oil customer. The president says that he does not need President Xi Jinping to intervene on his behalf when it comes to the Iran talks securing an Iran deal, although he did say that he's going to have a very long talk with him about Iran, as China is the one that stands to benefit the most from the street of hormone. Moose reopening. That's Fox's Aisha Hosni in Beijing. The president also told reporters before leaving Iran won't be his top issue in the talks. So what is? I would say more than anything else will be trade. And after all, the tariffs he imposed earlier on China, more than a dozen business leaders, including the CEOs of Tesla and Apple, are on this Trump trip. And the president posted on truth social during the flight that he'll be asking China's leader to open up the country so those brilliant people can work their magic. Another loss in court for Democrats in the congressional redistricting controversy. Days after Virginia's Supreme Court rejected and throughout new voter approved map that could have helped Democrats flip four house seats from Republicans, Missouri Supreme Court rules against a Democratic challenge there to a new map that helps the GOP. Missouri's eight U.S. House seats are filled by six Republicans and two Democrats. The new map splits, a western district that for decades contained nearly all of Kansas City. to potentially gain a 7-1 GOP advantage. Fox is Gerdahl Scott. In Nebraska, Cindy Burbank won the Democratic primary for a Senate seat, defeating a candidate some Democrats called a Republican plant. And Burbank's reportedly considering dropping out of the race to potentially help independent Dan Osborne challenged incumbent Republican Senator Pete Ricketts.