Trump invites Xi Jinping to visit Washington, DC
President Donald Trump, currently halfway through a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, invited Xi to visit the White House in September. The leaders held a state banquet on Thursday, where Trump extended the invitation and both sides praised the importance of the U.S.-China relationship, with Xi urging the two countries to “make it work and never mess it up.” Trump has stayed unusually quiet since arriving, though he briefly praised the welcome ceremony in Beijing, including children who waved flags for his arrival.
President Donald Trump matched Chinese President Xi Jinping’s invitation to Beijing on Thursday, inviting the Chinese leader to visit the White House in September.
The U.S. president is halfway through a two-day bilateral summit with Xi, where the world’s two most powerful men have spent hours behind closed doors discussing trade, the war in Iran, and existing American policies regarding Taiwan.
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Xi hosted Trump at a state banquet Thursday evening, local time, where the president offered to host Xi in Washington.
“Thank you again, President Xi, for this beautiful welcome, and tonight, it is my honor to extend an invitation to you, Madam Peng, to visit us at the White House this September 24, and we look forward to it,” Trump stated, before toasting the U.S.-Sino relationship. “And I’d now like to raise your glass and propose a toast to the rich and enduring ties between the American and Chinese people. It’s a very special relationship, and I want to thank you again. This has been an amazing time.”
Xi lauded Trump at the dinner, adding that both leaders “believe that the China-U.S. relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in the world.”
“We must make it work and never mess it up,” he added, according to the traveling press pool.
Trump has remained uncharacteristically tight-lipped since touching down in Beijing on Wednesday. Since then, the president has avoided posting on Truth Social, though, in brief interactions with the press, he has complimented the Chinese government on the spectacle rolled out for the summit.
“The children were amazing,” he said Thursday, referring to the roughly 300 Chinese youths, waving Chinese and U.S. flags, who welcomed him at Beijing International airport.
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