US president Donald Trump has said he “doesn’t feel optimistic” that jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be freed. Ahead of his high-stakes meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week, Trump had said he would raise Mr Lai’s imprisonment in Hong Kong and the arrest of pastor Jin Mingri of Zion Church in the mainland. But after raising the case of jailed Hong Kong democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai in talks with Mr Xi he was told it “is a tough one”. Speaking in an interview with Fox News he explained that despite helping “hundreds of people out of different situations”, the response “was not positive” in regards to the release of Jimmy Lai. “He said it has been his worst nightmare. He went through a whole thing and we said we would appreciate it if you would release him, he’s gotten old and he’s probably not feeling too well. I did not feel optimistic, I've got to be honest with you,” Mr Trump said in the interview.…