President Trump departs for a nearly week-long Asia trip, with stops in Malaysia, Japan, and Korea, and a tentative APEC-sideline meeting with Xi Jinping. He’s slated to preside over a Cambodia–Thailand peace agreement at the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, while trade talks with Japan and Korea remain unfinished amid a U.S. shutdown. In Korea, he will meet President Lee Jae Myung and says he’s open to engaging Kim Jong Un. In Japan, he’ll meet Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and speak at the USS George Washington in Yokosuka. Despite tariff threats and rare-earth limits, experts expect a U.S.–China truce.

Prepared by Rachel Morgan and reviewed by editorial team.