President Donald Trump sits with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles as he speaks during a lunch with the Trump Kennedy Center board members in the East Room of the White House on March 16, 2026. Alex Wong/Getty Images
WASHINGTON—As the Iran war continues, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would delay his long-awaited trip to Beijing, originally set for the end of this month.
“I have to be here, I feel. And so we’ve requested that we delay it a month or so,” Trump told reporters on March 16.
