Trump's Iran damage control mode activated ahead of Xi meet? US hands China strategic Hormuz win?

President Donald Trump said China’s Xi Jinping is “very happy” about the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, signaling a possible easing of maritime tensions ahead of a potentially high-stakes meeting between the two leaders. The remark came as the first passenger vessel since the war began — the Malta-flagged Celestyal Discovery — passed through the strait on April 17 after being docked in Dubai for 47 days, reportedly sailing without passengers toward Muscat.