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Trump welcomes Xi at airport with red carpet and military flyover to kick off three-day US visit
Trump broke protocol with a personal tarmac greeting as the visit opens with a state banquet, military flyover and 21-gun salute.
- President Donald Trump personally greeted Chinese President Jinping at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, breaking protocol by welcoming his counterpart on the tarmac as the three-day state visit began.
- Marking the first state visit to the United States in eleven years, Trump is organizing extraordinary pomp including a 21-gun salute, lavish state banquet, and military flyover at the White House.
- Trump's decision to meet Jinping on the tarmac contrasts sharply with his May visit to Beijing, where China's vice-president greeted the American president instead of Jinping himself.
- A formal welcome ceremony follows at the White House on September 24, featuring F-22 and B-2 fighter flyovers before Trump and Jinping hold talks in the Oval Office and attend a state dinner.
- The diplomatic spectacle aims to sustain a fragile trade truce between the rival superpowers, though officials expect no major breakthroughs on key outstanding issues during the visit.
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China’s Xi arrives in Washington, kicking off his state visit with rare planeside welcome from Trump
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Trump greets China’s Xi at airport in historic move to kick off high-stakes DC visit
WASHINGTON — President Trump personally welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the US on Wednesday evening as the leaders kicked off three days of state visit events expected to pair pageantry with talks on contentious matters.
·New York, United States
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