# Why Trump gave Xi Jinping an ornate bald eagle statue at the state banquet

https://mins.news/en/item/73429

- BBC Chinese, 2026-09-25 04:56 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c3qjkx1wdyyxo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> At a grand Washington state banquet, Donald Trump presented Xi Jinping with a bald eagle statue, saying it represented the spirit of America soaring freely. Analysts describe gifts and protocol as carefully choreographed tools for building personal ties and maintaining stable US-China relations.

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