About. welcome back to hardball. that was president trump yesterday calling on china to investigate the bidens putting thaz transactional use of american foreign policy for his own political benefit right there out in the open. while the president said he hadn t asked xi to investigate his political rival next year, cnn found trump raised biden s political prospects as well as those of senator elizabeth warren who by then had started rising in the polls. thareport ads in that call trump also told xi he would remain quiet on hong kong protests as trade talks progressed. president trump s request to china yesterday came immediately after he referenced a new round of trade talks set to resume next week saying we have tremendous power. today the president was asked whether he d privately communicate to the chinese and