Trump hosts Xi at White House state dinner with tech CEOs in attendance

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President Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife at a White House state dinner on Thursday, drawing top executives from major US technology and business sectors. The guest list included Apple CEO Tim Cook, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and leaders from JPMorgan, BlackRock, and Goldman Sachs. Anthropic was notably absent, and Democratic lawmakers criticized the event for prioritizing pageantry over issues like Taiwan and chip sales. The dinner occurred amid unresolved US-China tensions over trade, AI, and critical minerals, with both leaders expected to discuss differences while projecting diplomatic warmth.


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