Trump's China Visit, and Polling Manipulation— John McLaughlin Weighs In | May 11, 2026

I spoke with President Trump yesterday, Sunday, and that is the subject of this evening's Talking Points Memo.So as you remember, I was in Beijing about a year ago, and I went there at the request of the Chinese government to talk about America -Chinese relationships, and I debriefed President Trump, both coming and going.So now we're in Another cycle which is more complicated than it was one years ago one year ago.That's for sure it is I don't know really what the word is complicated is is Underestimating is extremely difficult.So let me run it down.China needs America No doubt about it because China's economy is well built on exports people buy Chinese stuff in America and all over and If the USA isn't buying Chinese stuff to the extent that it used to, then the Chinese economy is gonna wobble.

Got 1 .5 billion people over there to feed.Okay, so they want a trade deal.What we want is help with Iran now.A year ago it was with Putin.Okay, now that situation in Ukraine is pretty much ground will halt.We need help with Iran.

because they're totally irrational.Iran sells China an enormous amount of oil.If China did not buy that oil, Iran'seconomy, which is on the verge of collapse anyway, would go under.So I expect, although the president did not tell me directly, that the offer will be, look, we'll take care of your oil needs, the USA, but you've got to get away from Iran.You can't be helping them out.

And you've got to try to convince them to give up their nukes.OK.It's not going to be easy because China China's going to come back with, and I know this to be true, well, we'll do it, but you got to dump Taiwan.You can't be defending Taiwan anymore.Now, Taiwan is a very difficult situation.We've been going on since 1949.

You can look it up if you'd like to, but the United States and pretty much every other free country does not want the Chinese taking over Taiwan.And if we allowed that, if we withdrew our support from Taiwan, we would look weak to the world and China would proclaim a significant victory.They're not our friends, the Chinese, okay?So you see what we're doing here.All right, so President Trump's gonna be there on Thursday.And he knows, obviously knows, all of this stuff.

And I don't know what they're going to do, what they're gonna offer.I'm not privy to that.As far as the gasoline is concerned, I'm going to tell you a shocking story in a few moments that, again, the President's going to have to think about.now the final thing on the board for the for it's only two days It's very hard to get anything done in two days.So this is like such another meeting up.So not Thursday and Friday They're not going to be able to nail down a lot as a I so China's stealing a I Technology from the United States and everybody else and China doesn't care whether you like it or not What are we going to do there that I just stealing it and they did that with a whole bunch of other technology earlier on President Trump is under pressure to do something about it.

I don't know what he can do about it.Other than arrest some Chinese people, swear out warrants for them.But it's a fairly big thing.And you have to keep in mind that the Chinese do not respect intellectual property at all.They're going to steal it if they can steal it.You also have to understand that we and China are not friends.

They are our enemies.They are our rivals.But President Trump thinks he can make a deal with these people.Okay.Now, the reason that I was on the phone with the president, and again, he called me, I don't call him, is because the Chinese want to talk to me before the president arrives in Beijing.This puts me in a very difficult position, and it's a unique position.

I don't know of any other journalist ever who's had this kind of access.I have no access to the Iranians.None.But with China, I have plenty.And they're so polite.I mean, it's amazing.

So they ask, can we have a call with you?Well, I said, if the president okays it, then I'll do it because I love my country and no harm.They're going to ask me questions.I'll answer them honestly, just like I'm talking to you right now, which the Chinese are watching.They watch us on YouTube.Okay.

So I, got a message to President Trump yesterday and I said, look, the boys are back in town and they want to talk to me.What do you think?Because I don't want to interfere in what you're doing.And I don't know what you're doing.And he goes, no, you go ahead.So I got the imprimatur.

And then afterward, if there's on a call, if there's anything that he should know, I'll get it to him.Because again, this is my job, not only to report to you as a journalist, but to help my country if I can.And this is a unique position that I am in, which is why I think you're watching and listening to me.Nobody has this kind of access.Nobody in the journalistic world.Okay, so, and if the Chinese go, this is off the record, I will honor that.

I won't report it, but I'm gonna go with the exception of President Trump, which is what I did last time.I said, I can't just have a, our conversation with you guys and not report back.I mean, come on.They understand.Okay.And that's the memo.

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I approve of President Trump and his policies, 34%.I disapprove of President Trump personally, but I like a lot of his policies, 15.So that brings you up to 49 on the policy.I disapprove of President Trump and his policies, both his policies, 46%.Okay, not a strong number, but not a catastrophe.Second question, agree or disagree the U .

S.military action against Iran, leadership of the Iranian regime, are necessary and warranted to protect American lives?Agree 59, disagree 32.You don't hear that in the mainstream media.if Iran were to develop and build a nuke, would they use it?Yes 61, no 20.

You know, that's speculative.So joining us now from Blauvelt New York is John McLaughlin.So your poll is what they call an outlier.Washington Post poll just out.Totally different scenario than yours.But you say the Washington Post is not being straight up with the American people.

How?

Well, in their Washington Post poll, they did a poll of over 2 ,000 adults.And they were not registered voters, not likely voters.They're people that responded to an Ipsos panel.They get a buck or two to fill out the questionnaire.And they only have 29 percent Trump voters.29, we got 50 % of the popular vote.

Okay, let me stop you.This is a key point.So 50 % of Americans the last time around, okay, 24, 50 % voted for Donald Trump, but the Washington Post poll only has 29 % Trump voters.That's what you're saying, right?

That's right, because they poll adults.

Now they have to know that.

Yes.They ask the question.

They do that on purpose.Of course, they're putting out false data.They're stacking it out.

They want to turn public opinion against the president before the midterms.Our models are based on likely voters, people that say they're going to vote in November.which is even different than 2024.But we have a point or two more of Trump voters in our surveys than Harris voters, and it matches up.Ironically, we set it to the CNN exit polls, so it looks like a national sample.But when pollsters poll adults, and they only come out with 29 % Trump voters, they have an agenda.

and their agenda is to say that Trump's had a historic job approval lows and the Republicans are losing Congress by double digits.

All right, but they don't tell when they release their poll, the Washington Post does not tell the public they are doing that, correct?

Well, they put up the cross tabs that I could read it, but they don't tell the public when they run their headlines.

Well, no, it's way down on page 29 or something, right?

It's in the Internet.You've got to go find it.

So you gotta look at it, it's not what the Post is, all right.So the only conclusion or conclusion you could prove in a court of law is that the Washington Post sets out to do polling that's gonna make Trump and the Republicans look bad, correct?That's correct.

I mean, our poll, the Republicans are losing the ballot for Congress by four points, but it's a closer race.And the president, we asked, his job approval the way we did in the campaign.And you, by the way, you and I saw the president on 9 -11 at Yankee Stadium, and the president said to me, my highest numbers ever.I said, no, your highest job approval was 57%, and your highest favorable was 51 % on election day, because we ran a campaign.But when we saw him at Yankee Stadium that day, I said, you still had good numbers, numbers were better.But this is

how, the way we asked his job approval was to raise his favorables, to raise his popular vote.Now they're in the government, they don't have the same campaign.He's not on the ballot in November.So the Republicans have a lot of work to do.And President Trump, as you said, he's going to China.He's got Iran to deal with.

He's doing the things that a president does.and the campaign needs to step it up behind it.

Now, when is your next poll come out?It'll be before Memorial Day.We do a monthly poll and we publish it.

There's lots of polls we do every day, but we don't publish them all the time.We'll publish the monthly poll before Memorial Day.

In the next three weeks, there's going to be a big change in what happens to this country, because the Iranian thing can't I mean, maybe it could, but I can't imagine.So something's gonna happen there.Something will happen with Xi in China.Now we have the federal relief on the gas tax.So just give us a heads up because we want to have you back on the next polling now.Finally, you say that the Republicans right now, just across the board in Congress, are running about four points behind the Democrats.

Is that where they are?

Correct.So they're even trailing President Trump's job approval, which, you know, I mean, they're at 43 percent.He's at 49.So the Republicans need to have a contrast election with the Democrats.Chuck Schumer is not popular.Hakeem Jeffries is not popular because their positions are unpopular.

They're against voter ID.They're for higher taxes, not lower taxes.And certainly,by the way, when you talk about backing up the brave men and women who are fighting the war with Iran to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons, the Democrats want to invoke the War Powers Act and surrender, like they did in Afghanistan.I mean, at least President Trump's a commander -in -chief who plays to win.So, you know, the Democrats need to be held to count.

They need to be on the defense about their positions.Their positions are pretty radical and not supported by the majority of Americans.

No, but if the economy gets worse and the expenses get higher for gas and food and things like that, and I noticed today that the United States is allowing more beef to be imported in here, So, obviously, the Republicans and the Trump administration understands the danger that Americans will vote their wallet.Last word.Right.

Well, you're right.We need a growth package.We've got to win the war on Iran.We've got to, we've got to, We've got to have a growth package to keep the economy growing.Because President Trump, he's tried to grow the economy, but you have Chuck Schumer shutting the government down when he can.You have Jerome Powell keeping interest rates high.

So they're putting sand in the engine because it's all about the midterms.And the Republicans need to wake up and play to win the midterms.

All right, John, thanks very much, as always.We'll talk to you in a few weeks when your new poll comes out.Let's face it, the U .S.economy is under stress.National debt rising, trade war shaking the markets, and meanwhile China is dumping the dollar and stockpiling gold.

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We got Chaz Palminteri up there now.People are liking it.But the guest we have on Thursday which I'll tell you about Wednesday.It's political.It's gonna surprise you.Yeah, I'm looking forward to it.

Haven't done the interview yet.We're confident it will happen.Leland Vitter tonight, NewsNation, 9, Easter time.I will be in the chair.I don't really know what Leland has on his mind.NewsNation did buy that Reuters phony article.

I might have to scold them for that.But I don't know what Leland, Leland's good.I like him because I really never know where he's going.And I like Cuomo because it's, you know, so opposite.His view of the world and my view of the world, so opposite.But he gives you a good idea of what the left, he's not a progressive kook, Chris Cuomo, but he is a liberal, die hard liberal.

And a lot of viewers don't, they don't know many liberals and they don't know what the thinking level is.When I go on with him, that's what comes out.When I go on with Vittert on Monday,I don't know what's gonna happen I assume you're gonna talk about the China trip, which is historical and You know, I'm talking to a lot of people about this as you know, I can't I can't really Very very hard.Usually I'm a guy who comes up and said okay a Lisa B Lisa C Lisa D but I know President Trump knows as soon as the The Iranian thing comes in, as we reported earlier, and Taiwan is going to come in.You're sitting president, and ever since World War II, America has protected the people who live on that island.

I've been there.One of the worst places on earth.Why is it so bad, Taiwan?It's just packed with people.And they're all spitting.And I'm sorry if this is a comment that's derogatory.

I don't mean it to be.It's like a baseball dugout in America.And it's like, jam.packed with people.And it was like, I stayed at a really nice hotel.But you know me, I'm out and about and looking around.

And then I went to the snake market in Taipei, where they kill the snake and drain the blood.And then guys pay a lot of money to drink the blood because it's Viagra or something, some crazy thing.I'm sitting there going, oh, which way is Bermuda?See, that's all I wanted to hear.and I'm in Taipei.So I'm not a good spokesperson for Taiwan tourism, but those people do not deserve to be subjugated.

And if an American president allows that subjugation, that's not going to go over well.Most Americans don't care, but the world, that would be perceived as a huge victory for the communists.So I got to deal with all that and this and that, but we'll have a good report tomorrow.because I will have talked to the Chinese by them.By airtime tomorrow, we'll have talked to them, unless they cancel, they might.Thank you for watching and listening to The No Spin News.

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