# The Stone Zone | 05-12-26

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Podcast: [The Stone Zone with Roger Stone](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stone-zone-with-roger-stone-7230803)
Published: 2026-05-13T01:01:00+00:00
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Jake Novak fills in for Roger Stone and breaks down President Trump’s trip to China for a major summit with President Xi Jinping. Novak pushes back on the media’s framing of Trump as “stung” by the Iran war, arguing that China has more at stake economically and strategically. He also discusses Chinese influence in American politics, the resignation of Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang after pleading guilty to acting as a paid agent of China, Zohran Mamdani’s New York City budget claims, rising gas prices, anti-Semitic protests, the New York Times, Hamas, Iran, and the broader fight against global threats facing America and its allies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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