Why is Trump rolling out the red carpet for China's Xi?

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 04:35 Issued on: 24/09/2026 - 15:11 US President Donald Trump will host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday for a day full of pageantry. Trump personally greeted Xi on the tarmac after his arrival on Wednesday, the first time in more than six decades that a US president has welcomed a foreign political leader at Joint Base Andrews near Washington. But Trump's decision to roll out the red carpet has ruffled feathers among both Democrats and Republicans.