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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, will attend a welcome banquet hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump and Melania Trump at the White House on Thursday.

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% |
What this person said on the record, as reported, newest first.

With the US midterm elections approaching, Donald Trump is shifting blame for rising fuel prices away from the war involving the US, Israel and Iran and toward Democratic-led states and Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries. Analysts say disrupted Middle Eastern oil flows remain the underlying problem, while prices have continued climbing.
AAl Jazeera

U.S. President Donald Trump, facing pressure from energy prices rising because of the war in Iran, sought on Monday to blame high gasoline prices on Democrats and Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries.
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Reuters

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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Fox News

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.
AAl Jazeera

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
Reports that mention this person, by story.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, will attend a welcome banquet hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump and Melania Trump at the White House on Thursday.

Professor and author Jessica Chen Weiss discusses President Trump’s meeting with Xi and what China hopes to gain from it.

James Copenhaver, one of three attendees shot during the 2024 assassination attempt at then-candidate Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died.
VOA will provide live coverage of President Donald Trump’s state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House, highlighting prominent political and business figures from both countries and featuring three experts’ on-site analysis of the diplomatic signals behind the ceremony and the closely watched U.S.-China summit.

President Donald Trump urged countries to leave the International Criminal Court immediately, calling it “evil” and “a rogue institution.” During this week’s UN General Assembly, only Naoero, the small Pacific island nation formerly known as Nauru, followed his lead.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House with a military band and an air force flyover, marking Xi’s first visit to Washington in more than a decade. As the two powers seek common ground on their disputes, Vina Nadjibulla of the Centre for Strategic Statecraft says the outcome will have implications for Canada.

Frequent contacts between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are portrayed as steering China-US relations toward a constructive relationship of strategic stability. The article highlights youth exchanges, economic ties and AI governance, arguing that cooperation between the two countries matters for global stability. Xi also announced an invitation for 100,000 young Americans to visit China over five years.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are meeting for a high-stakes summit focused on trade, tariffs and tensions between their countries. A dispute over media access is clouding the diplomatic display after Chinese state media entered the White House while some American outlets were excluded.

US President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington for discussions on trade, artificial intelligence, Taiwan and Iran. The two leaders stressed dialogue and efforts to manage competition between the world’s two largest economies despite differences over key issues.

Professor and author Jessica Chen Weiss discusses President Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping and what China hopes to gain from the encounter.
