Xi Jinping opens the first Trump–Xi bilateral in China since 2017 by pointedly invoking the costs of confrontation and the U.S.–Iran war, while Trump counters with talk of a “fantastic future” for both countries. With Iran–U.S. talks in limbo after Trump rejected Tehran’s counteroffer, even his own aide Marco Rubio says it is in China’s interest to “step in” and help resolve the conflict.