In an August 2015 interview with then-Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, Donald Trump was asked whether he would host Chinese President Xi Jinping for a big White House dinner if he became president. O’Reilly said of Xi, “He’s getting a big dinner, free, at the White House, addressing the UN,” and asked, “If you were president, would you throw him a big dinner?”
Trump answered, “I would not be throwing him a dinner.” He went on, “We’ve had this conversation. I’d get him a McDonald’s hamburger, and I’d say, ‘We gotta get down to work.’” Trump was a presidential candidate when he made those remarks.
