President Trump is heading to China for a highly anticipated summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, following through with a meeting Mr. Trump delayed due to the war with Iran, writes CBS NEWS.

“Mr. Trump left the White House on Tuesday for the summit and is scheduled to arrive in Beijing Wednesday morning, Eastern Daylight Time. Beijing is 12 hours ahead of Washington.

Trade will be a major topic for the two leaders, but the tenuous situation in Iran and supply chain bottleneck in the Persian Gulf will be inescapable topics. The president said Monday they'll also discuss energy and Taiwan. Xi is looking to bring Taiwan fully back under Beijing's control without intervention from the United States.

Mr. Trump spoke highly of Xi ahead of their meeting. “He’s a great gentleman. I find him to be an amazing, amazing man”, the president told reporters Monday. “I have a very good relationship with President Xi”, the president also told reporters in the Oval Office last week. “You know, I find him to be a tremendous guy. And we get along well, and you see how we do - we do a lot of business with China, making a lot of money. We’re making a lot of money”.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, filmmaker Brett Ratner and Fox News personality Sean Hannity were among the guests who were seen appearing to accompany the president to Beijing. The invite list had also included Apple's Tim Cook, Blackrock’s Larry Fink and Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon, among others, according to a White House official. It was not immediately clear if any of those people were also on the trip.

“CNBC incorrectly reported that the Great Jensen Huang, of Nvidia, was not invited to the incredible gathering of the World’s Greatest Businessmen/women proudly going to China. In actuality, Jensen is currently on Air Force One and, unless I ask him to leave, which is highly unlikely, CNBC’s reporting is incorrect or, as they say in politics, FAKE NEWS! It is an Honor to have Jensen, Elon, Tim Apple, Larry Fink, Stephen Schwarzmann, Kelly Ortberg (Boeing), Brian Sikes (Cargill), Jane Fraser (Citi), Larry Culp (GE Aerospace), David Solomon (Goldman Sachs), Sanjay Mehrotra (Micron), Cristiano Amon (Qualcomm), and many others journeying to the Great Country of China where I will be asking President Xi, a Leader of extraordinary distinction, to “open up” China so that these brilliant people can work their magic, and help bring the People’s Republic to an even higher level! In fact, I promise, that when we are together, which will be in a matter of hours, I will make that my very first request. I have never seen or heard of any idea that would be more beneficial to our incredible Countries”, - writes Donald Trump on the Truth Social.