Diplomacy & Geopolitics
Xi Jinping to get White House state dinner, Trump says
US President Donald Trump said Friday he will host a state dinner for Chinese leader Xi Jinping when Xi visits the White House on September 24.
“We're going to have a state dinner, and we're going to do great things with China,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Update
Trump said Xi Jinping will visit the White House on September 24.
Trump said the White House will host a state dinner for Xi during that visit.
Trump made the remarks to reporters in the Oval Office.
Source note: AFP news report published on 4 September 2026 at 19:13:56 UTC.
Uncertainty notes
No further details of the planned visit or dinner were supplied.
Source
AFP news report published on .