14 MAY 26 SITREP

• Xi Jinping told President Trump during their meeting in Beijing that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations and that the two nations will clash if the territory is not handled properly.
• Xi referenced the Thucydides trap, framing the United States as a fading hegemon and China as the rising power, in what was described as the most aggressive language ever used by a Chinese leader directly in the presence of a U.S. president.
• Xi ordered all CEOs brought by President Trump to leave the room at the start of the meeting, allowing only political delegations to remain for the discussions.
• The meeting followed an interview the previous day with the ambassador to Taiwan on Human Events Daily, during which the ambassador praised President Trump for maintaining arms sales and commitments to Taiwan under the status quo.

• Eileen Wong, mayor of Arcadia, California, resigned and was charged with acting as a foreign agent for Beijing, accused of peddling Chinese Communist Party propaganda to residents of Arcadia, the San Gabriel Valley, and the broader Chinese community in California.
• Wong had lived in the United States for 30 years as a lawful permanent resident, gave birth to two sons who became birthright citizens, and was never flagged or reviewed by the immigration system during that time.
• Wong received endorsements from sitting congresswomen and was photographed with the attorney general of California, raising questions about how the political system allowed her to operate without accountability.
• The case was cited alongside the earlier Chinese intelligence operation targeting Eric Swalwell when he was still a local politician, as part of a broader pattern of CCP influence operations inside American political institutions.

• Senator Rand Paul, Senator Ron Johnson, and Senator Mike Lee were identified as leading renewed efforts to investigate the origins of COVID-19 and hold responsible parties accountable.
• Dr. Anthony Fauci's advisor was indicted over emails confirming Fauci covered up illegal gain-of-function experiments conducted in partnership with the Chinese Communist Party through the EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan lab.
• The program linked the COVID-19 pandemic directly to the 2020 election outcome, arguing the virus enabled mail-in ballot expansion and a basement campaign that resulted in President Trump losing four years of governance.
• Chief of Staff Susie Wiles stated at a conference that findings would show President Trump won many swing districts in 2020 that were believed to have been stolen, tying COVID-19 accountability to broader election integrity investigations.