Trump and Xi meet at White House for talks and state dinner
US President Donald Trump met Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday, September 24, for a bilateral meeting that included a military review and an aerial flyover. Xi departed around 1:30 PM Eastern Time but was scheduled to return for a state dinner. Trump escorted Xi through a 15-minute ceremony in the Rose Garden, featuring a Marine Corps band and a flyover by a B-2 Spirit bomber and four F-22 Raptor fighters. Trump called the meeting "great" as Xi departed, and the Chinese leader later returned for a dinner with tech and AI executives. Xi's three-day US visit is his first state trip in over a decade and his third personal meeting with Trump. The leaders discussed trade disputes, AI security, and the Iran war, with Trump urging Beijing's influence on Tehran and Xi pressing for an end to US arms sales to Taiwan.