00:01Good afternoon everybody. Good to see all of you. Thanks for coming today as always. Also I'm
00:08pleased to announce that President Trump's meeting and a long-awaited meeting with President Xi in
00:13China will now take place in Beijing on May 14th and 15th. First Lady Melania and President Trump
00:20will also host President Xi and Madame Ping for a reciprocal visit in Washington DC at a later date
00:27to be announced this year. Caroline, good to see you as well. Just given that the President postponed
00:33his original trip to China because of the war, should we infer that the war will be wound down
00:39and concluded by the time of that May 15th, 14th visit? Again, as I've said, we've always estimated
00:46approximately four to six weeks. So you could do the math on that, Mario. But we do look forward,
00:50I know the President looks forward to going to China on May 14th and 15th. And of course,
00:55as always, we'll provide additional logistical details to all of you in the media for that trip,
00:59who I know look forward to coming with us as well. One follow-up. Was that a precondition? Did the
01:04two
01:04leaders speak about the conclusion of the war? Was that a precondition for them to have this rescheduled
01:08meeting? No, there was a discussion about the rescheduling of the meeting between the President
01:13and President Xi. President Xi understood that it's very important for the President to be here
01:18throughout these combat operations right now. He understood, obviously, the request to postpone and
01:24accepted it, which is why we have new dates on the books. And I'm happy to announce those to you
01:28today.
01:29Just over three weeks in, it's abundantly clear that Operation Epic Fury has been
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