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

https://mins.news/en/video/72383

- France 24 English, 2026-09-24 13:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At9mgf5chLo

> US President Donald Trump will host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday in a day of pageantry. Trump personally welcomed Xi on the tarmac Wednesday, the first such welcome by a US president for a foreign political leader at Joint Base Andrews near Washington in more than six decades. The gesture has drawn criticism from both Democrats and Republicans.

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