“The president has made clear that he will address, among other things, reducing the number of nuclear weapons around the world. President Trump believes that nuclear proliferation is very dangerous,” White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told reporters.

The U.S. president will also host a luncheon with Xi Jinping on Thursday. It will be their fourth meeting since Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.

“I’m going to China. And one of the meetings, I think, will be with President Putin and President Xi, and that’s going to be interesting,” Trump recently told reporters.

“We’re going to talk about a lot of things, including denuclearization (…) We’re trying to end the war in Iran,” he added.

The conflict, which began on February 28, 2026, has led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway for global hydrocarbon trade, triggering an increase in oil prices.

Donald Trump is scheduled to leave the United States on Monday and arrive in the Philippines on Tuesday before travelling to Shenzhen.