Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Is Weakened | Balance of Power: Early Edition 5/11/2026
On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss the latest from the White House. On today’s show, American Enterprise Institute Nonresident Senior Fellow Heather Conley, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of the Army Brandon Pugh.
Chapters:
00:00:00 – Balance of Power: Early Edition
00:04:02 – Trump says ‘Ceasefire is on Massive Life Support’
00:05:10 – Trump Weights Military Action Against Iran
00:06:54 – Trump Aims to Press Xi Over China’s Iran Approach
00:09:52 – Trump says Iran Can’t Have a Nuclear Weapon
00:12:44 – Trump, Xi to Meet For High-Stakes Meeting in Beijing
00:16:16 – Trump Aims to Press Xi Over China’s Iran Approach
00:17:08 – Putin says Ukraine War is ‘Coming to an End’
00:21:33 – Oil Climbs After Trump Rejects Iran Peace Offer
00:22:27 – Trump Rejects Iran’s Offer as ‘Unacceptable’
00:35:04 – Iran-Linked Cyber Attacks continue
00:36:22 – US Preps AI Security Order that Omits Mandatory Tests
00:36:52 – AI Chip Breakthrough Unlikely at Trump-Xi Summit
00:37:23 – White House Pushes for Increased Defense Budget
00:38:32 – Anthropic’s Mythos’ Hacking Skills Fuel Cyber Anxiety
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