Trump Hosts Xi with Grander Welcome Than He Once Mocked Obama For

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Donald Trump, who in 2012 criticized Barack Obama for giving Xi Jinping a grand military welcome, is now hosting the Chinese leader with an even larger ceremony during Xi's three-day US state visit starting September 23. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump personally received Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, featuring a red carpet, honor guard, gun salute, and B-1 bomber flyover. Thursday's White House ceremony includes 479 military members, full honors, and a flyover by a B-2 bomber and four F-22 jets, followed by a state dinner. In 2012, Trump mocked Obama's Pentagon ceremony for Xi, which included a 19-gun salute, and called for a tougher US approach to China. Notably, Xi did not personally greet Trump at the airport during Trump's Beijing visit earlier this year, with Vice-President Han Zheng receiving him instead.


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