Trump's state dinner for Xi features sea bass and a long list of tech titans

Source: www.npr.org · Section: headlines · Bias: Center · Published: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:18:59 GMT

A tech-heavy guest list, the fashion choices of those on it, who sat where and what was on the menu marked the softer — often and glitzier — details of diplomacy as Donald Trump threw a Thursday night state dinner honoring China's leader Xi Jinping.

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