WorldLIVE: Trump’s state dinner for Xi Jinping, Pope Leo’s first visit to France | Europe Today #175
This edition of Europe Today features Donald Trump’s state dinner for Xi Jinping and Pope Leo’s first visit to France.

President of the United States
President of the United States (2017–)
| Born | 1946-06-14 · Queens |
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| Party | Republican |
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| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BS) |
| Occupation | Politician, Businessman, Media personality |
The latest five surveys as each pollster published them, compiled by VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) and retrieved 2026-10-05. We only display them — no calculation, weighting or editing. A single survey often reports all adults and registered voters separately, so the same pollster and dates can appear twice; where approve and disapprove add up to less than 100%, the rest were unsure or did not answer.
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Approve | Disapprove |
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| TIPP Insights2026-08-25 – 2026-08-28 adults · 1,461 | 2026-08-25 – 2026-08-28 | adults · 1,461 | 38% | 52% |
| Ipsos2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 registered voters · 951 | 2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 | registered voters · 951 | 37% | 63% |
| Ipsos2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 adults · 1,215 | 2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 | adults · 1,215 | 33% | 65% |
| YouGov2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 registered voters · 1,379 | 2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 | registered voters · 1,379 | 40% | 57% |
| YouGov2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 adults · 1,536 | 2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 | adults · 1,536 | 36% | 57% |
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Trump is intensifying pressure on South Korea to join the Alaska LNG project, as Seoul remains cautious about investment projects announced by the U.S. president. He said he would charge South Korea more if it does not sign on.
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CNBC

The panel on ‘The Big Weekend Show’ discusses President Donald Trump’s remarks on the conflict with Iran and his call to make daylight saving time permanent.
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US President Donald Trump said good relations with leaders of major nuclear powers are important. He cited his rapport with Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, while declaring that Iran would never have a nuclear missile. Iranian authorities have repeatedly said they do not seek nuclear weapons.
TTASS

President Donald Trump said Iran has “virtually given up” its ambitions to acquire nuclear weapons. He made the remark while speaking with reporters before boarding Marine One on the White House South Lawn in Washington.
TTRT World

Fighting in Yemen is forcing more civilians from their homes as Donald Trump signals that a decision on Iran is imminent. He says Tehran faces either the easy way or the hard way, while families flee the escalating violence for expanding tent camps.
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In a prerecorded video appealing to Republicans to vote in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump said voters should use “every appropriate tool,” including mail-in ballots. Trump has previously sought to restrict mail voting while claiming it is rife with fraud.
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CNN

Bloomberg News Now highlights the naming of the FlyDubai suspect and Donald Trump’s statement that gas prices will go down, alongside other top stories from the day.
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Bloomberg News

US President Donald Trump said he is confident Iran has abandoned all plans to acquire nuclear weapons and claimed that Iran has been defeated. He said he still has to decide on Iran’s future but gave no details. Iranian authorities have repeatedly said they do not seek nuclear weapons.
TTASS

President Donald Trump pledged Friday to send $90 rebate checks to millions of U.S. seniors enrolled in Medicare to offset their premiums. It is his latest promise to send money to Americans ahead of the midterm elections.
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Speaking to reporters outside the White House, President Donald Trump addressed the conflict with Iran, daylight saving time and his midterm blitz, saying Iran can choose the easy way or the hard way.
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Fox News
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This edition of Europe Today features Donald Trump’s state dinner for Xi Jinping and Pope Leo’s first visit to France.

Xi Jinping urges Donald Trump to oppose Taiwan independence and calls for complementary relations between China and the United States. The program also examines the future of Trump-Xi ties, including analysis from Fudan University’s Wu Xinbo.

The programme examines the closely watched, high-stakes Washington summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, as well as Pope Leo XIV’s first arrival in France. It also features an interview with Danish minister Martin Lindegaard about the US-Denmark deal on Greenland and an update on the migration crisis in Ceuta.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first Washington visit in a decade featured elaborate ceremony. US President Donald Trump held talks with Xi at the White House and offered a two-month truce in the emerging tariff war, but there was little confirmed progress on key issues. A state dinner was attended by technology leaders including Elon Musk and Sam Altman.

The White House fete for Chinese President Xi Jinping was rich in pageantry and platitudes but produced few substantive announcements. The biggest news connected to the meeting came beforehand, when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US and China had extended their trade truce by two months. Expected tariff cuts and a new AI communication channel have yet to emerge.

Donald Trump hosted Xi Jinping at a lavish White House state dinner, where both leaders praised each other and promised to keep talking to preserve stability between the US and China. Experts said the discussions had produced little concrete progress so far. Tech billionaires, officials and business leaders attended, while protesters outside the gates were arrested.

Donald Trump is set to conclude his summit with Xi Jinping by taking him on a tour of U.S. archives. China has not commented, while analysts say Xi may be interested in records about Washington’s 1979 switch in recognition from Taiwan to communist China.
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke at a White House state dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. Xi thanked the Trumps for their hospitality, offered Mid-Autumn Festival greetings, and said the two leaders had held candid, in-depth talks and reached common understandings on many issues, giving new substance and strategic guidance to constructive China-US relations of strategic stability.

U.S. President Donald Trump sought to reassert himself on the world stage this week through a high-profile address to the UN General Assembly and a high-stakes White House summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The diplomatic push also exposed the limits of his power.
Japan’s finance minister, Satsuki Katayama, said Donald Trump discussed the weak yen with Takaichi. She signalled that Tokyo could undertake fresh currency intervention with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s backing.