# Why is Trump rolling out the red carpet for China’s Xi?

https://mins.news/en/item/72351

- France 24, 2026-09-24 13:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260924-why-is-trump-rolling-out-the-red-carpet-for-china-s-xi

> US President Donald Trump will welcome Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday for a day of elaborate ceremony. Trump greeted Xi personally on the tarmac after his arrival Wednesday, marking the first such welcome by a US president at Joint Base Andrews near Washington in more than six decades. The gesture has angered members of both parties.

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