Trump greets Xi on tarmac at Joint Base Andrews

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where US President Donald Trump greeted him on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, marking the start of Xi's first state visit to the US capital in over a decade. Trump's decision to personally welcome Xi at the military base, rather than at the White House, underscores his effort to honor the Chinese leader with elaborate pageantry, including a formal state dinner scheduled for Thursday. The visit aims to maintain strategic stability amid tensions over trade, artificial intelligence, Iran, and Taiwan. The lavish welcome drew criticism from Republican Senator Roger Wicker, who called Xi a "brutal, unelected and oppressive dictator," while Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended high-level engagement as necessary between the world's two largest economies and militaries.


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