Trump's urgent Xi outreach: After Putin video, fears grow as Russia arms Iran, China shadows Lincoln

Donald Trump rushed to phone Xi Jinping just hours after the Chinese leader held a warm video summit with Vladimir Putin and vowed a “new era” in Beijing–Moscow ties. As Xi talks Cuba, Iran and Venezuela with the Kremlin, Russian Mi‑28NE Havoc gunships start arriving in Tehran and a Chinese “research ship” shadows a US carrier near the Iran standoff. Is Washington being carefully managed while a new axis forms around it?