Trump touts ‘great meeting’ with Xi at White House – as it happened

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center · Published: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:09:48 GMT

This blog is now closed – our live coverage of US politics continues hereIn the first row in front of the leaders sit US vice-president JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance, Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her daughter Arabella, US secretary of state Marco Rubio, treasury secretary Scott Bessent, defence secretary Pete Hegseth and commerce secretary Howard Lutnick.Donald Trump is speaking now. He notes that Xi is the first Chinese leader to make a second formal visit to the White House, and says the two have “forged a truly great friendship” since Trump was first elected in 2016. Continue reading...

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