{"id":2602477,"date":"2026-05-14T02:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-cabinet-officials-welcomed-by-xi-at-chinas-great-hall-of-the-people\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T02:13:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:13:54","slug":"trump-and-cabinet-officials-welcomed-by-xi-at-chinas-great-hall-of-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-cabinet-officials-welcomed-by-xi-at-chinas-great-hall-of-the-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Cabinet officials welcomed by Xi at China\u2019s Great Hall of the People"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-and-cabinet-officials-welcomed-by-xi-at-chinas-great-hall-of-the-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2602477&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Xi Jinping greeted President Donald Trump at Beijing\u2019s Great Hall of the People with a formal arrival ceremony, including Chinese children waving flowers and flags from both countries and a People\u2019s Liberation Army honor presence.Trump\u2019s U.S. delegation-along with figures such as Secretary of state Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott bessent, War Secretary Pete Hegseth, and technology CEOs Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, and Elon Musk-was also received by Xi and other officials as the USA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women&#039;s Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears &#039;Black Lives Matter&#039;\">national anthem<\/a> was played.<\/p>\n<p>After the ceremony,Trump walked Xi to the U.S. delegation, introduced him to members of the group, and the two exchanged handshakes while praising one another to reporters. Trump later said the welcome was \u201can honor few have ever seen before,\u201d thanking Xi and highlighting the children and the overall spectacle before both sides moved inside to begin summit discussions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping greeted President Donald Trump on Thursday with a welcome ceremony featuring the usual pomp and circumstance for a diplomatic visit by an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >important world leader<\/a>. Upon his arrival at China\u2019s Great Hall of the People near Tiananmen Square, the president was met with Chinese children waving flowers and flags of both countries, as were members of China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army. It was a continuation of<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4566063\/china-red-carpet-trump-arrival\/\"> Wednesday\u2019s festive welcome for the United States president<\/a> and delegation after landing at Beijing Capital International Airport.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chinese students welcome President Trump to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing \ud83d\udc90 <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MargoMartin47?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MargoMartin47<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wChlpVnphh\">pic.twitter.com\/wChlpVnphh<\/a><\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4566166\/democrats-not-good-faith-operation-guy-benson\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democrats not a \u2018good faith operation\u2019: Guy Benson<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4566173\/utah-democrat-force-out-salt-lake-city-council-scandal\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Utah Democrat forced out of Salt Lake City Council after scandals<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4565957\/rand-paul-teases-testimony-cia-whistleblower-covid-cover-up\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Rand Paul teases testimony of CIA whistleblower about the \u2018great COVID cover-up\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>          \u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2054757875688292597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump, Cabinet members including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and War Secretary Pete Hegseth, and tech titans Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk were greeted by Xi and other Chinese officials. The People\u2019s Liberation Army band played the Star-Spangled Banner as Trump and Xi observed at the Great Hall of the People. Trump saluted as the U.S. national anthem was played.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Trump stands with President Xi Jinping on the steps of the Great Hall of the People at the conclusion of the official arrival ceremony<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MargoMartin47?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MargoMartin47<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YX4mvlA4zC\">pic.twitter.com\/YX4mvlA4zC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2054762424209732018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Later, Trump walked Xi to the U.S. delegation and introduced the Chinese president to them and they exchanged handshakes. While standing next to each other and addressing a group of reporters, Trump was very complimentary about the Chinese president and his country. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Star-Spangled Banner plays as President Donald J. 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Incredible. China is beautiful.&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xiu7KSCvpL\">pic.twitter.com\/Xiu7KSCvpL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2054792834272690235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4566063\/china-red-carpet-trump-arrival\/\"><strong>CHINA ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET, AMERICAN FLAGS, AND MILITARY HONOR GUARD FOR TRUMP\u2019S ARRIVAL IN BEIJING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the welcome ceremony, both delegations headed inside to the Great Hall of the People to begin their summit and high-stakes conversations. Before the summit\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/software-firm-rejects-woke-workplace-saying-we-are-not-a-social-impact-company\/\" title=\"Software Firm Rejects Woke Workplace, Saying \u2018We Are Not A Social Impact Company\u2019\">important topics<\/a> were discussed, Trump expressed his gratitude for the festive welcome, calling it \u201can honor few have ever seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Xi, I want to thank you very much,\u201d Trump said. \u201cFirst of all, that was an honor like few have ever seen before, and I think I was particularly impressed by those children, they were happy, they were beautiful. The military is obvious, they couldn\u2019t be better but those children were amazing and they represent so much, and I know they represent so much to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xi Jinping welcomed Trump at Beijing\u2019s Great Hall with pomp, children, flags<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2602478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26134081501661-e1778738328361.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[79645,3634,35581],"class_list":["post-2602477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cabinet-officials","tag-trump","tag-xi-jinping"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26134081501661-e1778738328361.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2602477"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2602481,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602477\/revisions\/2602481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2602478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2602477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2602477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2602477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}