Rest of the World Report - May 15, Evening Edition

The Rest of the World Podcast · May 15, 2026 · 15m

Trump left Beijing and got on a plane. That's where the real summit happened.

① On the plane home, Trump said he made "no commitment either way" on Taiwan, that he "doesn't talk about" defending it, and that a war 9,500 miles away is "the last thing we need." His Secretary of State said Trump didn't ask Xi for help on Iran. Trump told Fox News Xi pledged to help. One of them is wrong.

② The US fired 13,629 munitions at Iran. CENTCOM has one active civilian casualty investigation. The head of CENTCOM told the Senate he couldn't corroborate reports of 22 schools and 17 hospitals hit — because…