Trump Says He’ll Bring Up Jimmy Lai and Jailed Pastor in Meeting With China’s Xi

President Donald Trump said on May 11 that he plans to raise the cases of media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai and pastor Ezra Jin during his upcoming meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. “I’ll bring them both up,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “Jimmy … caused lots of turmoil for China. He tried to do the right thing,” he added. “He wasn’t successful. Went to jail, and people would like him out. And I’d like to see him get out, too.” Trump previously discussed Lai’s case with Xi during their October 2025 meeting in South Korea, according to comments the president made during a May 4 interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt....