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Donald Trump stated he would be in China in November.

Posted by Badlands Media, Checked

Polygraph verdictTrue
Sources
5 support1 context
Said
1 time·
Confidence
90%
Badlands MediaOct 21, 2026
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Trump publicly stated on September 25, 2026 that he would meet Xi Jinping in China in November, as reported by Reuters and quoted from his Truth Social post, so the claim was true as of the October 21 posting date.

Our two reads of who says this, and how, disagree, so it counts as the post's own claim.

This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.

What was said

… He was calling this, Taiwan is for Russia, and You great to stop that stupid war. Well, I would meet in order anything I could do to the war. They do want to have a meeting. That's how you get, because I'm going to be over in China in November. What the dean looks like, and if we could do this, I will have done the world that make. So we can pause that right there, because he's talking about, you know, the meeting that they're going to have next month, and Ghost was, you know, kind of theorizing …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →

What we found

Supports. Reuters reported that Trump said on September 25, 2026 that he would meet Xi again in November in China and in December at the G20 in Florida.[1][2]

Supports. Trump's Truth Social post, as quoted by multiple outlets, said 'We will be meeting again in November, in China, and then at the G20 in December, in Miami, Florida.'[3][4][5]

Context. Sources describe the November China meeting as expected to follow the U.S. midterms, with APEC in Shenzhen starting November 18; this detail does not bear on whether Trump made the statement.[6]

Sources

6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 not rated

  1. 1Trump says he will meet Xi in China in Novemberreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
  2. 2Trump Says He Will Meet Xi in China in Novemberusnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  3. 3Trump accepts Xi's invitation to visit China in Novemberyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  4. 4Trump, Xi to meet again in China, Miami after ‘very ...moneycontrol.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  5. 5Trump says he will meet Xi twice more this year after Washington summitcnbctv18.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  6. 6US, China extend limited trade truce while stalemates ...biz.chosun.com · not rated · cited for: context

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