# CNBC's The China Connection: Spectacle-heavy Trump-Xi summit focused more on domestic messaging

https://mins.news/en/item/77803

- CNBC, 2026-09-28 23:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/cnbcs-the-china-connection-trump-xi-summit-about-domestic-messaging.html

> Analysts said much of the pageantry surrounding the Trump-Xi summit was intended to send messages to the leaders’ constituencies at home.

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