# Trump reportedly plans airport welcome for Xi, matching treatment for pope and Khrushchev

https://mins.news/en/item/65381

- BBC Chinese, 2026-09-19 10:40 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/cx980mjemv73o/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Reuters, Bloomberg and other news agencies report that Donald Trump plans to personally greet Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews next week during Xi’s state visit. If confirmed, it would be the first such welcome for a foreign head of state by a US president in more than 60 years, excluding papal visits, and is drawing attention as a diplomatic signal amid US-China trade and technology tensions.

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